| Afrikaans | Engels |
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| doring | ⇆ adept; ⇆ barb; ⇆ brick; ⇆ cock; ⇆ crack; ⇆ dab; ⇆ don; ⇆ first‐rate chap; ⇆ go‐getter; ⇆ mandrel; ⇆ oner; ⇆ out‐and‐outer; ⇆ past master; ⇆ prick; ⇆ prickle; ⇆ ripper; ⇆ screamer; ⇆ spine; ⇆ stunner; ⇆ tang; ⇆ thistle; ⇆ thorn; ⇆ top‐notcher; ⇆ topper |
| die doring in sy vlees | ⇆ one’s pet aversion |
| geen roos sonder dorings nie | ⇆ no rose without a thorn |
| ’n doring in die vlees | ⇆ a thorn in one’s flesh |
| branddoring | ⇆ firethorn; ⇆ pyracantha |
| disseldoring | ⇆ California thistle; ⇆ Canada thistle; ⇆ corn thistle; ⇆ creeping thistle; ⇆ cursed thistle; ⇆ field thistle; ⇆ green thistle; ⇆ hard thistle; ⇆ lettuce from hell thistle; ⇆ perennial thistle; ⇆ prickly thistle; ⇆ small‐flowered thistle |
| doringboom | ⇆ mimosa; ⇆ thorn‐tree |
| doringbos | ⇆ thorn; ⇆ thorn‐shrub; ⇆ whin |
| doringheining | ⇆ thorn‐hedge |
| doringholtevis | ⇆ coelacanth |
| doring‐in‐die‐oog | ⇆ eyesore |
| doringkraal | ⇆ zareba; ⇆ zariba |
| doringloos | ⇆ spineless |
| doringrig | ⇆ braky; ⇆ briery; ⇆ prickly; ⇆ spiniferous; ⇆ thorny |
| doringtangetjie | ⇆ tweezers |
| dorinkie | ⇆ prickle; ⇆ spinule |
| duiwelsdoring | ⇆ grapple‐thorn |
| haagdoring | ⇆ hawthorn |
| haakdoring | ⇆ hook‐thorn |
| kameeldoring | ⇆ camel‐thorn |
| kloudoring | ⇆ grapple‐plant |
| knoppiesdoring | ⇆ knob thorn |
| meidoring | ⇆ haw; ⇆ hawthorn; ⇆ may‐bush |
| noorsdoring | ⇆ euphorbia |
| pramdoring | ⇆ wild cardamom |
| rankdoring | ⇆ grapple‐plant |
| tamboekiedoring | ⇆ Tambookie‐thorn |
| vyldoring | ⇆ file tang |