voeten in de aarde hebben

== Dutch == === Etymology === Literally, “to have feet in the soil”. === Verb === voeten in de aarde hebben (intransitive, idiomatic) to be labor- and time-intensive; to take a lot of effort De overgang naar het nieuwe systeem had nogal wat voeten in de aarde. ― The transition to the new system took quite a lot of effort. ==== Conjugation ====