Lit. “the defence of Częstochowa”. The expression is used to refer to a hopeless and often disorganised but also brave crisis management, a final stand. The single most common use case is to describe a sports team “parking a bus” and not venturing any attacks, just kicking the ball away. Every football fan in Poland will understand it.
Lit. “a beret’s throw”. Yes, that’s right, Poles define distance by throwing berets and one throw is synonymous with a short one. You use the expression to tell, and perhaps, convince somebody that a place is close nearby and it’s not a problem to “skoczyć” – “jump” there quickly.
Lit. “as over a grizzly bitch”, which is usually preceded by the verb “jeździć” – to ride, run. The literal meaning is to run somebody over (with a car) as if the poor animal. The figurative meaning is to constantly slander, offend or curse someone, to voice a worst possible opinion of a person.
Lit. “he/she does not take prisoners”, which is used to describe adamant, confident, pugnacious people. It is either a token of esteem or a warning, might even be both at the same time. The source is obviously the reprehensible practice of killing all defeated enemies during a war instead of taking them prisoners.
Lit. “to not pour in the collar” which is a metaphor for a heavy drinker. You use this for people who enjoy more than one beer once a week but reserve some heavier terms like “pijak”, “ochlejtus” or “chlor” for those who clearly are alcoholics.
