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op zijn bord krijgen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Literally, to get [something] on his plate.

Verb

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op zijn bord krijgen

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to be given a task, especially a burdensome one
    Het andere team kreeg veel meer werk op zijn bord dan wij.The other team was burdened with far more work than us.

Usage notes

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  • The possessive pronoun varies by person, gender and number; thus the second-person plural would be op jullie bord krijgen, and the third-person singular feminine would be op haar bord krijgen.
  • Also op zijn bord hebben when referring to the state of having one or more tasks to do.

Conjugation

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