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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

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.

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Posted on 25 July 20226 July 2022Categories Everyday life, Metaphors, Politics1 Comment on Wytoczyć najcięższe działa

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.

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Posted on 10 June 202230 May 2022Categories Business, Metaphors, PoliticsLeave a comment on Zapłacić głową

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.

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Posted on 21 February 202221 February 2022Categories PoliticsLeave a comment on Austriackie gadanie

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.

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Posted on 26 December 2021Categories Business, PoliticsLeave a comment on Szycha

Polactwo

Meaning:

The word is a neologism hence very hard to find a proper translation. It is either a noun or an adjective expressing contempt for at least a part of Polish society or nation or their characteristic traits.

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Posted on 26 October 202128 January 2022Categories Everyday life, PoliticsLeave a comment on Polactwo

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