Meaning:
Lit. “only once” – which in standard Polish would be “tylko raz” but the expression actually comes from southern Polish dialects, especially gwara podhalańska.
Opadła kopara
Meaning:
Lit. “the digger dropped” is an expression stressing a person being extremely surprised, astonished, stunned or disappointed.
Z pocałowaniem ręki
Meaning:
Lit. “with hand-kissing” means being very grateful and glad. The phrase is used when someone is getting a very good deal for whatever is being offered and accepts it without any haggling or discussion.
Nauka nie poszła w las
Meaning:
Lit: “the education has not gone into the wood”. This set phrase is used to say that a person (or organisation) learnt from past experience and used this knowledge to its own benefit.
Bananowiec
Meaning:
Lit. “a banana tree” is a young person, usually a teenager or a 20-something, using their parents’ money to impress his peers. Such a guy buys expensive stuff for the others to see it but the money is not earned by himself. It his handed by ma and pa who possibly substitute a real care or time with it.