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I agree with sentiment, and I discovered early on in my adult life :

Iedereen doet maar wat ( Dutch )

Loosely translated : Everybody just fucks around, wether it is car mechanics, doctors or laywers.

Would love to hear a more canonical term for the phenomenon.

edit: And if it is absolutely critical it is done right? Do it yourself.



Is this a common expression in Dutch or something you made up yourself?


doet maar wat is common.

Je doet maar wat ( You )

Ze doen maar wat ( They )


In the US it's usually called "half-assing it" or doing it half-assed.


It's closer in meaning to "no one really knows what they're doing". Half-assing implies lack of effort. This expression implies lack of insight or direction.




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