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de haakjes vinden

English translation: to identify the points where there actually

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Dutch term or phrase:de haakjes vinden
English translation:to identify the points where there actually
Entered by: dmesnier

14:33 Jul 30, 2017
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Dutch term or phrase: de haakjes vinden
Hi - could anyone shed some light on this phrase? It seems to be a metaphor, "to sift through to find" perhaps. It appears in the following:


Zover ik heb begrepen is er een lang proces achter de rug met betrekking tot de strategische keuzes van XXXX. In die periode was het soms lastig de haakjes te vinden waar je op 1 lijn met elkaar zit. Anderzijds gaf dit de medewerkers van XXXXX en mijzelf ook wat ruimte om zelf op zoek te gaan naar de verbinding.

Thanks for your help!
dmesnier
United States
Local time: 06:10
to identify the points where there actually
Explanation:
Perhaps

lastig de haakjes te vinden waar je op 1 lijn met elkaar zit.

hard to identify the points where there actually was consensus.
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Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Local time: 13:10
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Thanks for your help!
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3 +2to identify the points where there actually
Barend van Zadelhoff
3Read between the lines
JeroDH


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
haakjes te vinden
to identify the points where there actually


Explanation:
Perhaps

lastig de haakjes te vinden waar je op 1 lijn met elkaar zit.

hard to identify the points where there actually was consensus.

Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 89
Grading comment
Thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I think it's probably something like this, but I couldn't find references.//Yes, OK.
14 mins
  -> Does it sound acceptable to your English ears? // Thank you for LMK!
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Maybe just 'points/areas of consensus'. It's a rare expression - it would not be easy to find references with a similar meaning.
50 mins
  -> Thank you, Tina. Or: actual points/areas of consensus ? It's definitely idiosyncratic, 'freewheeling' use of the Dutch language.
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Read between the lines


Explanation:
read between the lines
Fig. to infer something (from something else); to try to understand what is meant by something that is not written explicitly or openly. After listening to what she said, if you read between the lines, you can begin to see what she really means. Don't believe every thing you read literally. Learn to read between the lines.

read between the lines
to find a hidden meaning in something said or written The report doesn't criticize the research directly, but you can read between the lines that the review committee wasn't impressed.
Usage notes: sometimes used without the verb: Leo read Melodie's letter again, hoping for some hidden message between the lines.

read between the lines
Perceive or detect a hidden meaning, as in They say that everything's fine, but reading between the lines I suspect they have some marital problems . This term comes from cryptography, where in one code reading every second line of a message gives a different meaning from that of the entire text. [Mid-1800s]

JeroDH
Belgium
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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