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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Sports

Nowa miotła

Meaning:

Lit. “a new broom”, which is how you refer to someone taking over as a manager: as a department head in a company, as a head coach at a sports club, as a mayor.

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Posted on 11 January 20235 March 2023Categories Business, Metaphors, SportsLeave a comment on Nowa miotła

Wejść z drzwiami i futryną

Meaning:

Lit. “to enter with the door and the doorframe”. Used to say that a newcomer (in a sports discipline, a company, political party etc.) has made a really impressive entrance and achieved very good results, especially for someone new to the business.

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Posted on 19 June 202223 November 2022Categories Everyday life, Metaphors, SportsLeave a comment on Wejść z drzwiami i futryną

Pingpong

Meaning:

Lit. ehm… “ping-pong” also called table tennis. Aside from the name of the game, in very specific contexts, the phrase is also used to denote situations in which two parties push responsibility or communication between them, without making any progress.

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Posted on 12 December 202113 March 2022Categories Business, Metaphors, SportsLeave a comment on Pingpong

Mieć kosę z

Meaning:

Lit. “to have a scythe with”. Most Poles associate this phrase with football (soccer) hooligans. This is where it has its origin in early 90s. It has spread into many other areas and became more or less understandable to general <45 Polish speakers but is still far away from its high register.

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Posted on 10 September 202113 March 2022Categories Everyday life, Sports, ViolenceLeave a comment on Mieć kosę z

Pikawa

Meaning:

Lit. “the beeper” or something similar.  “To beep” translates into “pikać” in Polish and “pikawa” seems to be the noun built based on it.

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Posted on 15 July 202113 March 2022Categories Body, Everyday life, SportsLeave a comment on Pikawa

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