double Dutch

noun [U] (NONSENSE)

UK informal

Definition

› talk or writing that is nonsense or that you cannot understandNonsense

(Definition of double Dutch noun (NONSENSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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