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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Sports

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)

Narciarz

Meaning:

Lit. “a skier” is a type of toilet without a bowl. Usually a hole in the ground (or in a ceramic plate) used by squatting directly above it.

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Posted on 19 May 20231 May 2023Categories Everyday life, SportsLeave a comment on Narciarz

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

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