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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Politics

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

Karawana jedzie dalej

Meaning:

Lit. “the caravan goes on” is actually not an idiom. This proverb is known in multiple other languages, very popular in Polish and often used to directly retort and scold anyone criticizing you or your enterprise.

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Posted on 19 February 20235 March 2023Categories Metaphors, Politics, SayingsLeave a comment on Karawana jedzie dalej

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

Dopchać się do koryta

Meaning:

Lit. “to push oneselft to the trough”. This is a commonly used metaphor for someone or a group of people managing to get elected to lucrative state or private positions. You hear it often from Polish people talking politics – no matter if on a borough or an EU-level.

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Posted on 18 December 20227 December 2022Categories Animals, Business, Metaphors, PoliticsLeave a comment on Dopchać się do koryta

Maczać w czymś palce

Meaning:

Lit. “to dip one’s fingers into something”, usually a questionable or outright shady business. The expression is used to hint a connection between a person and an inappropriate behavior, process or a crime.

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Posted on 25 August 20228 August 2022Categories Body, Everyday life, Metaphors, PoliticsLeave a comment on Maczać w czymś palce

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