Meaning:
Lit. “to be intro the back” (the body part). Used to express a loss, often a financial one like a bad investment. Also a way to say that something is not going according to plan – being behind the schedule or the budget.
Category: Sayings
Do wyboru, do koloru
Meaning
Lit. “to choose from, to match a colour” is a way to say that someone has a very wide variety of options to select from. And in this way to encourage them to actually take a pick.
Nie w ciemię bity
Meaning:
Lit. “not beaten in the forehead (sinciput, as a child)” – which would normally cause brain injury and problems thinking.
Z tyłu liceum, z przodu muzeum
Meaning:
Lit. “high school from the back, museum from the front” is a slightly insulting way to describe an older woman with an appealing body and some wrinkles on her face.
Piąte przez dziesiąte
Meaning:
Lit. “the fifth through the tenth”. This is how Poles express that they barely heard, understood or recall a specific thing they are asked about. They roughly know what it was about but don’t know any details.