het hele eiereneten

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Etymology

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Literally, the whole egg-eating. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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het hele eiereneten n (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) everything, the whole thing, all there is to it (especially when emphasizing that something is less daunting or complex than assumed)
    Het is eigenlijk een heel simpele procedure: deze drie stappen zijn het hele eiereneten.It's actually a really simple process: these three steps are all there is to it.