{"id":5050,"date":"2017-06-19T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2019-10-16T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:52:08","slug":"spreekwoorden-en-uitdrukkingen-sayings-and-expressions-8-time-and-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/spreekwoorden-en-uitdrukkingen-sayings-and-expressions-8-time-and-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreekwoorden en Uitdrukkingen (Sayings and Expressions) 8 – Time and money!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is Monday!\u00a0Making money is what you probably do on a maandag\u00a0<\/em>(Monday) anyway. But it is also Monday, the international day for mourning the end of the weekend. So, I thought, let\u2019s take the bitter out of that bittersweet feeling, and include time in today\u2019s post. Time and money! Does that go together? Let\u2019s find out! Let\u2019s start with the\u00a0spreekwoord\u00a0<\/em>(saying)!<\/p>\n

For other sayings and expressions in this series, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tijd is geld<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Time is money<\/em><\/h4>\n

Allegedly first stated by Benjamin Franklin in 1748, it is a ubiquitous saying, which I am not a huge fan of personally. In my opinion, yes, money is important, but we trade time for money. And we can\u2019t actually buy time, even if we say that we can \u201cbuy time\u201d. So time prevails in the end anyway. In the sense that this\u00a0spreekwoord\u00a0<\/em>is meant to say that time is waardevol\u00a0<\/i>(precious), I agree 100%!<\/p>\n

Use<\/strong><\/h3>\n

So, in the meaning we all know this\u00a0spreekwoord\u2013\u00a0<\/em>that time is money, and should therefore not be wasted \u2013 its use is pretty straightforward. Used in business meetings around the world as an excuse to keep things short and snappy, used by people like you and me to motivate themselves to not waste their time and work instead (happy Monday, everybody!), used by parents and teachers to show kids how the world works\u2026 This\u00a0spreekwoord\u00a0<\/em>finds application in almost any context. Example:<\/p>\n

Schiet op! Ik moet naar de bank. Je weet het zelf ook, tijd is geld!<\/i><\/p>\n

Hurry up! I need to go to the bank. You know it yourself too, time is money!<\/p>\n

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On the the\u00a0uitdrukking<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Munt uit iets slaan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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To forge coin out of something<\/em><\/h4>\n

This\u00a0uitdrukking\u00a0<\/em>means that you get an advantage out of something. It seems quite obvious: you forge coin, or money, out of a situation. That is a win for you. Another way of expressing this, with even a comparable origin, is\u00a0een slaatje uit iets slaan<\/em><\/strong> (to get a little leave out of something).<\/p>\n

The latter, the\u00a0slaatje\u00a0<\/em>(little leave), possibly comes from a tobacco leave that was enjoyed back in the beginning of this century. So, if you could get such a leave out of a situation, that would be enjoyable for you – an advantage. The origin of the forging (slaan<\/em>), makes sense in the symbolism. There is a situation, the raw material, and you make something advantageous out of that material for yourself. Whether that is\u00a0munt\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0slaatje<\/em> or something else!<\/p>\n

Use<\/strong><\/p>\n

This\u00a0uitdrukking\u00a0<\/em>is used rather formally. To express that somebody got something advantageous out of a situation is mostly expressed more simply than that in an informal setting. Example:<\/p>\n

De economie was erg slecht tijdens de crisis bijna tien jaar geleden. Toch hebben de banken er munt uit kunnen slaan!<\/em><\/p>\n

The economy was very bad during the crisis almost ten years ago. Still, the banks could forge coin out of it!<\/p>\n

I wish you a wonderful\u00a0maandag<\/em>! Also, let me know in the comments below how you translate these two in your language and how you use them!<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is Monday!\u00a0Making money is what you probably do on a maandag\u00a0(Monday) anyway. But it is also Monday, the international day for mourning the end of the weekend. So, I thought, let\u2019s take the bitter out of that bittersweet feeling, and include time in today\u2019s post. Time and money! Does that go together? Let\u2019s find…<\/p>\n

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