Idiom

Idiom
Ne keimel/metten schieten
Meaning
een flater begaan
Dialect
Aalsters
ID
1626

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 136

Mostly acceptable

Ne a.INDF.M keimel/metten camel/calf schieten shoot

to make a mistake / an error, to do something stupid / foolish (Lit.: to shoot a camel/calf)

Structure

Direct object type
Indefinite
General structure
V DO
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences

Acceptability varies by speaker
Ieder joor op da congres schiet Piet ne metten/keimel, mor deis joor schiet Jan de metten/keimel.
Acceptability varies by speaker
Ieder joor op da congres schiet Piet dezelfde metten/keimel, mor deis joor schiet Jan diejen metten/keimel.
Mostly acceptable
In men les wierd er ne metten/keimel geschoeten (deer mennen besten student).
Mostly acceptable
A schiet ne gralèke metten/keimel.
Acceptability varies by speaker
A schoet nen dieren metten/keimel.
Mostly not acceptable
Ieder joor op da congres schiet Piet ne metten/keimel, mor deis joor schiet Jan zenne metten/keimel.
Mostly not acceptable
Ge kentj in da computerspelleken maximool vier kieren ne metten/keimel schieten, en Jan schiet iedere metten/keimel.
Acceptability varies by speaker
Schoet'n ne metten/keimel? Amai, ne metten/keimel schoet'n zeiker.