Example: Zoals de zaken ervoor staan, wordt het morgen mooi weer.
Definition
"Zoals de zaken ervoor staan" is a Dutch expression used to describe the current state or situation of affairs, often implying how things are likely to develop based on present conditions. For example, it can mean 'given the way things are at the moment.'
The phrase "zoals de zaken ervoor staan" literally translates to 'as the matters stand before it.' It originates from Dutch, where 'zaken' means 'matters' or 'affairs,' and the phrase collectively expresses the idea of assessing circumstances as they currently exist.
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"Zoals de zaken ervoor staan" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B1) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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as matters stand