uit het lood slaan
Dutch
Etymology
From uit het lood (“not straight”), referring originally to a plumb bob which normally hangs straight down unless disturbed. To be hit uit het lood thus means figuratively that one is brought out of one's natural state of balance or equilibrium.
Inflection
Conjugation of uit het lood slaan: see slaan.
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