over de schutting gooien

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “to throw over the fence”.

Verb

over de schutting gooien

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To burden someone else with a problem one is faced with; to have someone else take care of an issue.

   Deze vraag gooi ik liever over de schutting naar mijn collega. ― I prefer to have my colleague handle this question.

Conjugation

Conjugation of over de schutting gooien: see gooien.

See also

• de hete aardappel doorschuiven