Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty

 --- Christophe Grandsire skrzypszy:

> >BTW We also have the expression "op alle slakken zout leggen" (putting salt
> >on all snails), meaning: turning the smallest details into big problems.
>
> Now that's an expression I find really strange, since salting snails is a
> necessary prerequisite in their preparation if you want to eat them. That's
> how you clean them... How can this be taken to be making problems?
Ah, vive la différence! We don't eat snails. We kill them, because they destroy
our gardens. And one (admittedly cruel) way to kill a snail is to salt it
alive. The expression implies that it is overkill to search your whole garden
for snails and destroy every single snail you can find.

Jan

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