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.
Category: Politics
Wytoczyć najcięższe działa
Meaning:
Lit. “to roll out the heaviest cannons”. This means to use the most significant or efficient resources available to convince of your opinion in an argument, beat your competition, win a football game.
Zapłacić głową
Meaning:
Lit. “to pay with one’s head”, which is a way to say that a person (usually a manager or a politician) got fired for making a grave mistake.
Austriackie gadanie
Meaning:
Lit. “Austrian talk”. This expression is used to describe long discussions or speeches without any results, a wasted time. Also, to point that someone’s argument is, at best, questionable or makes no sense whatsoever. The best context to put it to use is politics, which is also where austriackie gadanie comes from.
Szycha
Meaning:
Lit. “a large conifer cone”, which is used to refer to people with high positions in particular organisations like private companies, administration or even churches.