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if you're not Dutch, you're not much

if you're not Dutch, you're not much phrase: the Dutch culture is vastly superior to all others.

Phrase

if you're not Dutch, you're not much

  1. The Dutch culture is vastly superior to all others.

Origin of if you're not Dutch, you're not much

Believed to originate from Dutch American communities in the Midwest.

Questions about if you're not Dutch, you're not much

What does if you're not Dutch, you're not much mean?
If you're not Dutch, you're not much means the Dutch culture is vastly superior to all others.
What part of speech is if you're not Dutch, you're not much?
If you're not Dutch, you're not much is a phrase.

Words near if you're not Dutch, you're not much in the dictionary

  1. if you see what I mean
  2. if you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything
  3. if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
  4. if you want peace, prepare for war
  5. if you will
  6. if you're not Dutch, you're not much
  7. if you've got it, flaunt it
  8. if you've seen one, you've seen them all
  9. if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail
  10. if'n
  11. if's, and's, or but's

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