Meaning:
Lit. “like I love God”. The expression is used as a kind of oath to confirm a previous statement, especially if the person speaking is excited or nervous. The indirect translation to English would be: “I swear to God”
Nie jesteś z cukru
Meaning:
Lit: “You’re not (made) of sugar”. This is what a Polish mom says to her child if it is afraid of any contact with water: to walk outside in rain or enter a swimming pool. It is a sort of encouragement and assurance at the same time.
Niejednemu psu Burek
Meaning:
Lit. “It’s not just one dog that is (called) a Rocky”. The expression is used to point that a wide range of things, phenomena, or even people, are addressed with a word another person has just used. “Burek” (“Grizzly”) is historically the most common dog names in Poland and having a very common sound to it.
Idzie jak krew z nosa
Meaning:
Lit. “it goes as blood from the nose”. Used to describe a project, an activity that moves forward very slow and with great difficulty. Also to stress the fact that a person tasked with something does this unwillingly, has no talent nor time to do take care of the task.
Malować trawę na zielono
Meaning:
Lit. “to paint grass green” which refers to an activity supposedly cultivated during the communist times (1945-1989) in Poland, while preparing for high party or/and country officials visits in a town/factory.