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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.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 are cowards.
the phrase dutch courage refers to the plague in london... when all other sailors and vessels refused to travel into london with their goods..only the dutch were brave enough to travel into london via the sea during the great plague... and this is the reason given on tours along the thames boat trips..
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