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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Wykrzaczyć się

Meaning:

Lit. “to bush-out”, “shrub-off”, a Polish way to say an application stopped working, crashed badly and/or delivered a cryptic error.

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Posted on 4 February 202317 January 2023Categories Everyday life, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Wykrzaczyć się

Poniemiecki

Meaning:

Lit. “post-German”. This adjective has a very specific meaning in Polish and Poland. It is used to denote anything left behind by Germans fleeing from the Soviet army in 1945 or being resettled later on.

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Posted on 31 January 202311 January 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Poniemiecki

Pożyjemy, zobaczymy

Meaning:

Lit. “we’ll live on and see”. Which is how you react to a prediction you are not fully convinced of. Or one you are sure will not come true, but also do not want to categorically laugh off the other person about.

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Posted on 25 January 202311 January 2023Categories Everyday life, SayingsLeave a comment on Pożyjemy, zobaczymy

Robić w konia

Meaning:

Lit. “to make a horse out of somebody”. This is a standard expression in everyday Polish for duping, cheating, deceiving, outsmarting and also ridiculing another person.

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Posted on 16 January 202311 January 2023Categories Animals, Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Robić w konia

Nowa miotła

Meaning:

Lit. “new broom”, which is how you refer to someone taking over as a manager: as a department head in a company, as a head coach at a sports club, as a mayor.

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Posted on 11 January 202327 December 2022Categories Business, Metaphors, SportsLeave a comment on Nowa miotła

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