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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Violence

Nadstawiać dupę

Meaning:

Lit. “to set one’s ass up” is a way to say that someone is making her/himself vulnerable and give the others a chance to attack, take advantage, inflict damage or losses. By using this, you condemn the person who foolishly lets this happen.

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Posted on 24 December 202430 November 2024Categories Body, Metaphors, Sex, ViolenceLeave a comment on Nadstawiać dupę

Zrobić kuku

Meaning

Lit. “to make a cuckoo”. Which is an infantile and humorous way to say that someone hurt her/himself or another person. Or harmed them in another way, including outsmarting and humiliating them.

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Posted on 6 October 202430 September 2024Categories Everyday life, ViolenceLeave a comment on Zrobić kuku

Nie w ciemię bity

Meaning:

Lit. “not beaten in the forehead (sinciput, as a child)” – which would normally cause brain injury and problems thinking.

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Posted on 7 August 202423 July 2024Categories Body, Sayings, ViolenceLeave a comment on Nie w ciemię bity

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

Klamka

Meaning:

Lit. “a door handle” is criminal slang for pistol. The word has spread to a wider group of users and now a fair part of Polish users are aware of its secondary meaning.

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Posted on 22 August 202315 November 2023Categories ViolenceLeave a comment on Klamka

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