| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| sloot | ⇆ channel; ⇆ dike; ⇆ ditch; ⇆ donga; ⇆ drain; ⇆ fosse; ⇆ furrow; ⇆ gutter; ⇆ moat; ⇆ trench; ⇆ vale |
| moenie ou koeie uit die sloot haal nie | ⇆ let bygones be bygones |
| ou koeie uit die sloot haal | ⇆ chew the rag; ⇆ raise old scores; ⇆ rake up old stories; ⇆ rake up old grievances; ⇆ revive old differences; ⇆ rake up old scores; ⇆ reopen old sores |
| van die wal in die sloot | ⇆ out of the frying‐pan into the fire; ⇆ from the frying‐pan into the fire |
| afkeersloot | ⇆ catch‐water drain |
| dreineersloot | ⇆ water‐drain |
| duiksloot | ⇆ culvert |
| dwarssloot | ⇆ cross‐ditch |
| hurksloot | ⇆ straddle‐trench |
| noodsloot | ⇆ flood‐ditch |
| prospekteersloot | ⇆ trench; ⇆ prospect trench |
| slootgrawer | ⇆ ditcher; ⇆ navvy |
| slootwater | ⇆ ditch‐water |
| sloterig | ⇆ furrowy |
| soeksloot | ⇆ prospect trench |
| straatsloot | ⇆ kennel |
| sugsloot | ⇆ drain; ⇆ lode |