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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Animals

Pokazać gdzie raki zimują

Meaning:

Lit. “to show where crayfish overwinter”. Which is a clear, however, a bit comical, threat. It has been used in Poland over generations and now sounds slightly antiquated but still understandable.

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Posted on 16 March 20231 March 2023Categories Animals, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Pokazać gdzie raki zimują

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 20235 March 2023Categories Animals, Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Robić w konia

Dopchać się do koryta

Meaning:

Lit. “to push oneselft to the trough”. This is a commonly used metaphor for someone or a group of people managing to get elected to lucrative state or private positions. You hear it often from Polish people talking politics – no matter if on a borough or an EU-level.

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Posted on 18 December 20227 December 2022Categories Animals, Business, Metaphors, PoliticsLeave a comment on Dopchać się do koryta

Końska dawka

Meaninig:

Lit. “a horse dose” which simply means: a lot, far more an average human needs. Usually used to talk about drugs or vitamins but can also be used metaphorically for other things like stress, entertainment, knowledge or whatever else is being ingested in large amounts.

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Posted on 30 September 20228 September 2022Categories Animals, Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Końska dawka

Robić bydło

Meaning:

Lit. “to make cattle” which means to make a mess, one involving several people: to start a quarrel, a fight, beat random people up, steal something or simply destroy interior of a bar or a disco.

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Posted on 22 September 20227 September 2022Categories Animals, Everyday life, ViolenceLeave a comment on Robić bydło

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