dus hebben wij het aan ons broek

English translation: so we are responsible for paying it

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Flemish term or phrase:	dus hebben wij het aan ons broek
English translation:	so we are responsible for paying it
Entered by:	Georgetina Meyer Kirkland

17:52 Apr 27, 2008

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Flemish term or phrase: dus hebben wij het aan ons broek

The complete sentence is: wil dit factuur niet betalen, dus hebben wij het aan ons broek

Georgetina Meyer Kirkland KudoZ activity Questions: 63 (none open) (3 without valid answers) Answers: 112 United States
Local time: 00:53

so we are responsible for paying it

Explanation:
"het aan de broek hebben" means having to pay, being responsible for the costs. The expression can be found in the Van Dale, a Dutch dictionary, under "broek", where it says: "dat heeft hij aan zijn broek", meaning: "dat moet hij betalen, bekostigen".

I was not able to find the expression online.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-04-28 03:44:57 GMT)
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"so we are left with the check" might work as well...

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Dennis Seine
United States
Local time: 00:53

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Heel hartelijk bedankt!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

... does not want to pay the invoice, so we are landed with it

Willemina Hagenauw

4 +2

so we are responsible for paying it

Dennis Seine

Discussion entries: 1

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2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

... does not want to pay the invoice, so we are landed with it

Explanation:
might be a good solution....

Willemina Hagenauw
Local time: 05:53
Native speaker of:

Dutch

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

so we are responsible for paying it

Dennis Seine
United States
Local time: 00:53
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

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Heel hartelijk bedankt!

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