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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Sports

Oddychać rękawami

Meaning:

Lit. “to breathe with one’s sleeves” is a way to point that a person is very tired, exhausted, usually following an intense physical activity. This phrase is used often by sports journalists, especially if one opponent can’t keep up with the other.

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Posted on 8 May 20248 April 2024Categories Metaphors, SportsLeave a comment on Oddychać rękawami

Pojedynek gołej dupy z batem

Meaning:

Lit. “a duel between a bare ass and a whip” is how you call (of course, informally) a completely hopeless fight. It is often used to describe a football match between the champion and a lower league struggler, ending in a double-digit defeat for the latter.

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Posted on 5 January 202416 December 2023Categories Body, Metaphors, Sports, ViolenceLeave a comment on Pojedynek gołej dupy z batem

Suchoklates

Meaning:

Something like “drychestates”, the suffix “ates” added to make the word sound as a Greek name (Socrates) or an animal species in Latin. Not sure which one but it makes it more stylish and comical.

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Posted on 14 August 20236 August 2023Categories Body, Everyday life, SportsLeave a comment on Suchoklates

Mięsień piwny

Meaning:

Lit. “the beer muscle” which in Polish stands for a beer gut and not for being keen on having a fight following alcohol consumption.

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Posted on 9 July 202321 June 2023Categories Alcohol, Body, SportsLeave a comment on Mięsień piwny

Być umoczony (w coś)

Meaning:

Lit. “to be soaked (into something)”, which is a way to point that a person has taken part in a questionable enterprise, usually a financial or political scheme or outright a criminal activity.

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Posted on 14 June 20234 June 2023Categories Metaphors, Politics, SportsLeave a comment on Być umoczony (w coś)

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