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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Wyrwać chwasta

Meaning:

Lit. “to pull up a weed” is a way to describe a murder of a person that you consider a lowlife, someone being a liability to the humanity and not deserving to live.

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Posted on 13 September 202630 August 2026Categories Metaphors, ViolenceLeave a comment on Wyrwać chwasta

Szorować po dnie

Meaning:

Lit. “to be scrubbing the bottom”. This expression is used to state very bluntly that a person or another entity has reached the lowest level in whatever they do. Continue reading Szorować po dnie

Posted on 30 August 2026Categories Business, Metaphors, SportsLeave a comment on Szorować po dnie

Z palcem w dupie

Menaing:

Lit. “with the finger up the ass” is a boastful way to say that you can do something without any effort, really easy, no big deal. Hands down.

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Posted on 10 August 202630 July 2026Categories Body, Everyday life, Metaphors, SayingsLeave a comment on Z palcem w dupie

Siara

Meaning:

Lit. “a sulphur”. While the basic word for this element is “siarka”, which sounds a bit diminutive, the “siara” sounds like “a big sulphur”.

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Posted on 30 July 202630 July 2026Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Siara

Jak z krzyża zdjęty

Meaning:

Lit. “as if taken down from the cross”. And what is meant here is the true cross, the one the founder of Christianity died on.

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Posted on 7 July 202622 June 2026Categories Alcohol, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Jak z krzyża zdjęty

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