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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Everyday life

OIOM

Meaning:

This acronym stands for: Oddział Intensywnej Opieki Medycznej – which is a part of a hospital where patients with a direct threat to their life/in a critical state are treated. An intensive care unit.

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Posted on 26 March 202312 March 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on OIOM

Ofiara losu

Meaning:

Lit. “a victim of fate”. This is how unsuccessful, inept and clumsy people are called. A person who is unable to manage his/her own life, who takes wrong decisions all the time deserves this epithet.

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Posted on 21 March 202312 March 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Ofiara losu

Ciemnogród

Meaning:

Lit. “a darkville”. Used to ridicule provincial towns and villages for their backwardness and stress your own progressiveness. Especially if they oppose you in a matter you consider vital for a progress of some kind.

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Posted on 1 March 20235 March 2023Categories Everyday life, PoliticsLeave a comment on Ciemnogród

Foliarz

Meaning:

Lit. “a foilman” is a proponent of what the media call “conspiracy theories” – a guy wearing a tin foil hat to protect himself from mind control or electromagnetic waves.

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Posted on 14 February 20235 March 2023Categories Everyday life, PoliticsLeave a comment on Foliarz

Beka

Meaning:

Lit. “a (big) barrel” which younger generations of Poles use to describe a situation in which you can laugh your ass off but also an act of mocking, ridiculing someone and having fun in the process. Used with the verb “mieć” – “to have” or “robić” – “to make”.

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Posted on 10 February 20235 March 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Beka

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