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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Nie przelewa się

Meaning:

Lit. “it’s not spilling over” is a common way of saying that someone’s household is quite poor but still being polite and considerate about the statement.

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Posted on 1 December 20257 December 2025Categories Everyday life, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Nie przelewa się

W gorącej wodzie kąpany/a

Meaning:

Lit. “bathed in hot water”. It is a popular phrase describing a person who takes sudden decisions without thinking much. A person who is very much action-oriented but also impulsive and impatient.

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Posted on 15 November 20255 November 2025Categories Everyday life, SayingsLeave a comment on W gorącej wodzie kąpany/a

Mieć muchy w nosie

Meaning:

Lit. “to have flies in the nose” describes a person being in a bad mood, sulking without any particular reason.

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Posted on 30 October 2025Categories Animals, MetaphorsLeave a comment on Mieć muchy w nosie

Śpioch

Meaning:

Lit. “a spleepyhead” is an agent embedded in an organisation who is inactive and waiting for a task when the time comes.

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Posted on 15 October 202521 September 2025Categories PoliticsLeave a comment on Śpioch

Nie ma co zbierać

Meaning:

Lit. “nothing to pick up” is a bit toungue-in-cheek way to confirm that someone has been beaten comprehensively and beyond doubt. Also a way to brag about this if it’s you or your mates that done this. In a similar manner to pozamiatane.

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Posted on 5 October 202521 September 2025Categories Everyday life, Metaphors, SportsLeave a comment on Nie ma co zbierać

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