Meaning:
Lit. “to be yesterday’s”. A colloquial way to point that a person is in bad shape after alcohol overdose last day/night.
Category: Alcohol
Mięsień piwny
Meaning:
Lit. “the beer muscle” which in Polish stands for a beer gut and not for being keen on having a fight following alcohol consumption.
Małpka
Meaning:
Lit. “a little monkey” is a Polish idiom for a small (0.1-0.2 litre) bottle of strong alcohol (mostly 30-40% vol.) – either a pure or flavoured vodka. You can buy them in most “monopolowy” shops and also in some supermarkets.
Do dna!
Meaning:
Lit. “to the bottom!” is what you say (or shout) when someone else (or the whole group, yourself included) is downing vodka shots. It is a merry exclamation and a sort of encouragement to pour the fiery liquid into your throat – and not leave even a drop in the glass.
Tropić węża
Meaning:
Lit: “to track a snake”. Which means to go in zigzags from left to right, use the whole available road. Obviously, this is a symptom of a severe alcohol overdose and that is the very situation the term has been coined for.