Lit. “to turn (someone’s) brain into water”. A popular way to say that one person manipulates or lies to another in order to influence his/her opinion and benefit from their wrong decision. Often referred to business practices but also deceit in relationships.
Lit. “To have (something) behind (one’s) ears”. A way to say that a person is not altogether innocent, that he/she is guilty of something and does not want this information to become publicly know.
Lit. “an election sausage” is a promise by a politician or a party running election campaign, that they don’t intend to fulfil and/or that most people don’t take seriously. While there might be some other points in their programme the general public deems more realistic, those specific ones are clearly there just to make the potential future brighter and will start fading away once the votes are counted.
Lit. “flat feeters and pissioirs” are the two dominant parties on the Polish political scene. It is not a domination on the scale of the US or the UK but still, most of political debates in the country concentrate between them.
Lit. “to count sabres”. This phrase is mainly used in the context of politics and means: to estimate your own faction’s power before an important parliamentary voting. This might as well include convincing potential naysayers – with threats, promises or both.
