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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Food

Mydło i powidło

Meaning:

Lit. “soap and jam” which rhyme nicely in Polish and constitute the frequently used term for a wide array of various unrelated things.

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Posted on 25 November 20225 November 2022Categories Business, Food, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Mydło i powidło

Co ma piernik do wiatraka?

Meaning:

Lit. “what does a gingerbread have to do with a windmill”. With this rhetorical question you point that an argument the other side of a discussion brings has nothing to do with the meritum and hence is invalid.

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Posted on 5 October 20228 September 2022Categories Food, SayingsLeave a comment on Co ma piernik do wiatraka?

Dmuchać na zimne

Meaning:

Lit: “to blow on the cold (thing)”. As in blowing on hot soup to make it edible faster. This expression is mostly used if someone wants to take preventive measures, even if the threat has not presented itself yet fully. Being extra cautious.

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Posted on 15 April 202210 April 2022Categories Everyday life, Food, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Dmuchać na zimne

Krowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje

Meaning:

Lit: “cow that moos a lot gives little milk”. Used to describe a person, an enterprise or a company who make a lot of noise, attract interest, but in the end don’t achieve their stated goals and produce little or no real results.

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Posted on 16 March 202213 March 2022Categories Animals, Food, SayingsLeave a comment on Krowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje

Zjeść razem beczkę soli

Meaning:

Lit. “to have eaten a barrel of salt together”. To know someone very well, being very good friends and having experienced ups and downs together over many years. Such a statement vouches for a person in a way that is really hard to argue with.

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Posted on 27 February 202211 March 2022Categories Everyday life, Food, SayingsLeave a comment on Zjeść razem beczkę soli

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