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sloot | ⇆ channel; ⇆ dike; ⇆ ditch; ⇆ donga; ⇆ drain; ⇆ fosse; ⇆ furrow; ⇆ gutter; ⇆ moat; ⇆ trench; ⇆ vale |
moenie ou koeie uit die sloot haal nie | ⇆ let bygones be bygones |
ou koeie uit die sloot haal | ⇆ chew the rag; ⇆ raise old scores; ⇆ rake up old stories; ⇆ rake up old grievances; ⇆ revive old differences; ⇆ rake up old scores; ⇆ reopen old sores |
van die wal in die sloot | ⇆ out of the frying‐pan into the fire; ⇆ from the frying‐pan into the fire |
afkeersloot | ⇆ catch‐water drain |
dreineersloot | ⇆ water‐drain |
duiksloot | ⇆ culvert |
dwarssloot | ⇆ cross‐ditch |
hurksloot | ⇆ straddle‐trench |
noodsloot | ⇆ flood‐ditch |
prospekteersloot | ⇆ trench; ⇆ prospect trench |
slootgrawer | ⇆ ditcher; ⇆ navvy |
slootwater | ⇆ ditch‐water |
sloterig | ⇆ furrowy |
soeksloot | ⇆ prospect trench |
straatsloot | ⇆ kennel |
sugsloot | ⇆ drain; ⇆ lode |