"dat kan bruin niet trekken" meaning in Dutch

{
  "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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      },
      "expansion": "dat kan bruin niet trekken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That is too expensive."
      ],
      "id": "en-dat_kan_bruin_niet_trekken-nl-proverb-s~AqnxaP",
      "links": [
        [
          "expensive",
          "expensive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dat kan de bruine niet trekken"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "past"
          ],
          "word": "dat kon bruin niet trekken"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "past"
          ],
          "word": "dat kon de bruine niet trekken"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑt kɑn ˈbrœy̯n ni(t) ˈtrɛkə(n)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dat kan bruin niet trekken"
}

{
  "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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    {
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "dat kan bruin niet trekken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch multiword terms",
        "Dutch proverbs",
        "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That is too expensive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expensive",
          "expensive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑt kɑn ˈbrœy̯n ni(t) ˈtrɛkə(n)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dat kan de bruine niet trekken"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ],
      "word": "dat kon bruin niet trekken"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ],
      "word": "dat kon de bruine niet trekken"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dat kan bruin niet trekken"
}