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Idioms

peter.moore
2010-10-14
20:40
Idioms
Hi, I was wondering if you know any idioms in Polish? Could they be precisely translated into English? Because I know only few such expressions, e.g. to pass something with flying colours in Polish is: "zdac cos spiewajaco". Any other similar of funny idioms?

I also like "raz na Ruski rok" which means "once in a blue moon", it's so funny!
caroline78
2010-10-18
14:37

I like idioms connected with relationships, and I think quite few of them are easily translated into Polish, e.g. to have butterflies in one's stomach - mieć motyle w brzuchu. Or "one swallow doesn't make a summer", but in Polish it's "spring" not "summer". Oh, and the funniest, and similar to Polish is "don't look a gift horse in the mouth".
frdalloway
2010-12-30
21:55
I know a few idioms connected to death or killing :) I don't know why, but I remembered them very quickly from the bunch of other expressions we had during a workshop.

to kill time - zabijać czas
to kick the bucket - kopnąć w kalendarz
to push up daisies - wąchać kwiatki od spodu
matter of life and death - sprawa życia lub śmierci

But my favourite is: it's raining cats and dogs - leje jak z cebra.
malwinaflower
2011-02-06
19:25
I've found good examples of idioms and useful phrases connected to parts of a body in "Polski Krok Po Kroku" book, e.g.:

1. złota rączka - someone who can fix everything
2. do góry nogami - upside down
3. na oko - approximately
4. głowa do góry - don't worry
5. z drugiej ręki - secondhand (almost exact translation).
6. oko za oko - eye for an eye
7. powyżej uszu - be fed up with sth
8. ściany mają uszy - someone may eavesdrop your conversation.

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