Meaning
Lit. “half an hour for the fatback”. Sounds much more gracefully in Polish as it rhymes. It’s a playful term for an after-lunch nap improving your digestion.
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.
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.
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.
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.