"dat kan bruin niet trekken" meaning in Dutch

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        "1": "􂀿the􂁀 brown 􂀿horse􂁀 can't pull that"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “[the] brown [horse] can't pull that”. From older dat kan grauw niet trekken, which referred to a donkey (or a grey horse according to some authors). Several authors include daar moet een bruin voor wezen (“a brown [horse] has to be in front of that”) behind the variant about the donkey; this clause is otherwise unattested but could explain the shift from grey to brown.",
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        "that is too expensive"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɑt kɑn ˈbrœy̯n ni(t)ˈtrɛkə(n)/"
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  "word": "dat kan bruin niet trekken"
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