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liever blode Jan dan dode Jan
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Dutch
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Alternative forms
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beter blode Jan dan dode Jan
Etymology
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Literally,
“
better cowardly Jan than dead Jan
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Phrase
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liever
blode
Jan
dan
dode
Jan
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idiomatic
)
better safe than sorry
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