double Dutch

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double (twice, i.e. more than) + Dutch For sense 1: The English, historically, found Dutch (albeit a fellow Western Germanic language) particularly difficult to understand, so anything that was completely incomprehensible would be double Dutch, i.e. twice as hard as Dutch. (Note that historically, "Dutch" could refer to German dialects, as well.) (Wiktionary)

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ruzuzu New Amsterdam it's become much too much,
'Til I have the possession of everything she touches,
'Til I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches,
'Til I speak double dutch to a real double duchess

- From "New Amsterdam" by Elvis Costello Apr 28, 2010
fbharjo double dutch is getting caught between the upper and lower sections of a dutch door: bifurcated- a diabolical plot! Apr 27, 2010
bilby I met a double Duchess once. Well, twice. Apr 27, 2010
dario A double Dutch is something you just don't get.. It's like if a NASA scientist's telling you, a regular fella, how to launch a rocket somewhere.. Eventually, you might say: this is double Dutch! I just can't get wathever you're trying to say!! Apr 27, 2010

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