The dog in the pot

‘Don't look a gift horse in the mouth’, ‘The apple doesn't fall far from the tree’ or ‘To walk around with your head in the clouds’. These are familiar expressions and they exist in Dutch too. But did you know that the Dutch don't have skeletons in their closets, but corpses? Unfortunate Dutch people buy cats in bags instead of pigs in pokes. And when the Dutch cat's away, the Dutch mice don't just play, they dance on the table! Still, the meaning is clear enough, but what happens when the monkey comes out of the sleeve? How would you feel if you were sitting on black seed? Or if you had a stocking on your head? And is looking up a cow's backside a wise thing to do? Find out the meanings and the stories behind these Dutch expressions and many more in The Dog in the Pot, an amusing account of fifty Dutch phrases, complete with fun photographic illustrations. A great gift for the ‘party pig’ in your life!