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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Violence

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

Szwej

Meaning:

I can provide no literal meaning for this one. However, it’s the name of the protagonist of Jaroslav Hašek’s famous book, written in Polish (so: “Sz” instead of “Š”), and with the last letter removed to make it sound tougher/larger.

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Posted on 14 May 20231 May 2023Categories ViolenceLeave a comment on Szwej

Robić bydło

Meaning:

Lit. “to make cattle” which means to make a mess, one involving several people: to start a quarrel, a fight, beat random people up, steal something or simply destroy interior of a bar or a disco.

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Posted on 22 September 20227 September 2022Categories Animals, Everyday life, ViolenceLeave a comment on Robić bydło

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