In the 17th century, the small European country of Holland fought three consecutive wars with Britain over commerce and territorial waters, known as the Anglo-Dutch Wars, which ended in victory for Britain, the "Sunset Empire," and defeat for the small country of Holland. As a result, some arrogant Englishmen were so proud of themselves that they tried their best to mock and ridicule the defeated Dutchmen, and made up a lot of different words to slander and abuse them. These words were so prevalent that they have been handed down to this day as English idioms. The English did not treat the Dutch as human beings and applied almost all the bad words to the Dutch. They thought the Dutch were uncultivated, drunken, foolish, too noisy, irascible, irritable, lecturing, unrealistic, feckless, easy to be taken advantage of, and the Dutch language was vulgar and nasty, etc.

The Dutch are the best people in the world.

So the word Dutch is a pejorative in English, and most of the idioms it forms are bad words. For example:

1. beat the Dutch Extremely brilliant, marvelous, surprising, amazing.

Why did beating the Dutch become amazing? Because the English thought that the Dutch were scoundrels and barbarians, and no one dared to touch him, and if someone dared to beat him, it was something marvelous, something very remarkable.

2. a Dutch party a gathering of people who bring their own food

Dutch lunch/supper a luncheon/supper where the guests pay for their own food

go Dutch a dinner where the guests pay for their own food

Dutch treat a meal where the guests pay for their own food

drink Dutch drink at their own expense

The British think the Dutch are stingy, and good treats, but let the guests pay for their own money, it seems that the Dutch feast really can not eat ah!

3. His Dutch is up. He's fuming.

get sb.'s Dutch up make someone angry

Dutch uncle criticize or condemn someone too bluntly or harshly

talk to sb. like a Dutch uncle teach someone a stern lesson

Dutch concert people's voices are noisy, noisy, and everyone sings in their own tune. The British thought the Dutch were rude, grumpy, noisy and reprimanding, so Dutch became synonymous with "angry, rage, wrath".

4. Dutch courage drunken courage, brute force, false courage (direct translation: the Dutch courage. Dutch people often drunken courage, brutal)

Dutch act suicide (direct translation: Dutch behavior, the Dutch people often self-loathing, want to be different and often take extreme behavior - suicide)

Dutch auction Opening high, low price (direct translation: Dutch auction. The Dutch are greedy and often seek high profits, but usually end up selling at a low price)

Dutch bargain A deal made over a drink. The Dutch often talk business while drinking, bargaining, this kind of transaction credibility is poor, unfair, but now China is also basically to talk business at the table.)

Dutch comfort 倚 倚偷安，暂时的自我慰安（直译：荷兰人式的安慰。 The Dutch do not think about progress, today have wine today drunk, only to seek a moment of comfort)

Dutchman's land mirage, unreal scenery (direct translation: the Dutchman's place.)

Dutchman's land is a very small area of the Netherlands, the people do not have a lot of money. Dutchman's land is very small, and people do not seek the actual, its place is naturally imaginary place)

Dutch gold fake gold, gold copper, a copper and zinc alloy (Direct translation: Dutchman's gold. The Dutch love to use cheap gold-colored copper foil instead of real gold, so Dutch gold can not be bought)

Dutch cheer drinking pleasure

Dutch feast master first drunken feast (do not understand what it means...)

Dutch widow prostitute (not Dutch widow)

5. get in Dutch, in Dutch, in distress, distressed, out of favor, under suspicion (direct translation: in the midst of the Dutch. It is difficult to get along with the Dutch, often ostracized, certainly not good)

Dutch cap ココ condom (Direct translation: the Dutch hat. Dutch people use the hat upward roll, very much like a condom)

6. Dutch wife bamboo lady, cooler pillow (direct translation: the Dutch wife.)

7. (The British compared the tropical countries bamboo cool pillows to the Dutch wife, often enjoyed, which is really too insulting to the Dutch!)

I'm a Dutchman if...!

I'm a Dutchman if ...... I'm not a human being! (Direct translation: I'm a Dutchman if ...... I'm a Dutchman! (That's a British betting term, which really doesn't treat the Dutch as human beings)

or I'm a Dutchman!

...... Otherwise I'm not a human being!

Well, I'm a Dutchman!

No way! No such thing!

The Dutch have taken Holland. The Dutch have taken over Holland. (This is used ironically to pass off what everyone knows as news.)

talk Dutch, talk nonsense, talk something you don't understand. The British consider the Dutch language to be far inferior to English; it is backward and vulgar)