going dutch

[sam999]

going dutch

[phoenixb]

Do you mean what does "going dutch mean" it means if you and a friend go for a meal, you split the bill 50/50, basically to share

[Quizmonster]

In the early days of international trade, the Dutch and English were forever at each other's throats. As a result, the word 'Dutch' was frequently used in phrases where the people could be made fun of or belittled.
The idea behind 'double Dutch' was that just Dutch itself was hard enough to understand, so doubling it made it something utterly incomprehensible.
'Going Dutch' refers to a situation in which a man has invited a woman out on a date and then expects her to pay her half of any bill arising. In other words, the Dutch are mean and far from gentlemanly.
'Dutch courage' was bravery that you could only experience by first getting drunk...in other words, the Dutch were really cowards.

[sg]

Really hating the Dutch there, QM!

[jofish]

I'd heard that the origin of "Dutch courage" was not due to the fact that they were cowardly, but that during the plague, the Dutch sailors were the only seamen brave enough to sail up the Thames to deliver cargo, including the vas quantities of rum they used to deliver fron the Carribean...?

[Quizmonster]

Click here, Jofish, for the background to this and other sayings involving 'Dutch' according to Michael Quinion, a noted etymologist and lexicographer.
If Dutch courage really was true bravery, it would be unique in British usage!