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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Animals

Jak woda po kaczce

Meaning:

Lit. “like water down a duck” is usually combined with the verb “spływać” – to flow down/away. The result means that a person is not at all concerned by a potentially adverse event.

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Posted on 20 April 202519 March 2025Categories Animals, Everyday life, Metaphors, PoliticsLeave a comment on Jak woda po kaczce

Leżeć i kwiczeć

Meaning:

Lit. “to lie and to squeal” is a metaphorical way to say that an enterprise is not developing well or not working at all. You use it to point that something is badly mismanaged but could function well if handled properly,

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Posted on 15 February 202520 January 2025Categories Animals, Everyday life, Metaphors, SayingsLeave a comment on Leżeć i kwiczeć

O wilku mowa

Meaning

Lit. “speak of the wolf” is the Polish way of saying “speak of the devil”.  So: pointing that the person or the topic mentioned has just materialised.

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Posted on 18 December 202427 November 2024Categories Animals, Everyday life, SayingsLeave a comment on O wilku mowa

Jak zbity pies

Meaning:

Lit. “like a beaten dog” means to look or feel very miserable, unhappy. Used to describe people who have just suffered a defeat, received really bad news, got abused or disrespected or plagued by remorses.

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Posted on 26 November 20247 November 2024Categories Animals, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Jak zbity pies

Jak mysz pod miotłą

Meaning:

Lit. “like a mouse under the broom” is a way to say that someone sits very quietly, behaves calmly so as not to draw attention to oneself. It is usually preceded by “siedzieć cicho” but is understandable on its own.

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Posted on 30 September 202430 September 2024Categories Animals, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Jak mysz pod miotłą

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