{"id":6612,"date":"2020-05-04T22:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2020-05-04T22:00:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:00:55","slug":"untranslatable-dutch-ver-van-mijn-bedshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/untranslatable-dutch-ver-van-mijn-bedshow\/","title":{"rendered":"Untranslatable Dutch: Ver-van-mijn-bedshow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s try to translate something untranslatable again today, shall we? This one is actually quite a curious one, with all its hyphens. Let’s look at word that’s very far from your bed:\u00a0een ver-van-mijn-bedshow<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Click here for more untranslatable words<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A show far from my bed!<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What happened? Ah, too far from my bed… (Image by DANNY G at Unsplash.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

So what is this? A far-from-your-bed show? What is that supposed to mean?<\/p>\n

Well, it is pretty simple, actually. Van Dale defines it as an “issue that is not directly of interest”. When you’re in the Netherlands, the\u00a0bosbranden <\/em>(forest fires) in Australia may be a\u00a0ver-van-mijn-bedshow<\/em>. And it is usually that: Issues that do not really affect people’s lives, and as a result, they don’t care as much about it. It is\u00a0ver weg\u00a0<\/em>(far away), both in distance and affection.<\/p>\n

An Actual TV Show!<\/strong><\/h2>\n