Language / Differences in Polish and English idioms [69]


Same here:
Pasować jak kwiatek do kożucha (to fit like a flower to a sheepskin coat)
Pasować jak wół do karocy (to fit like an ox to a coach)

Some other nice idioms:
Udawać Greka (to pretend to be a Greek) - to pretend that you don't understand a thing
Siedzieć jak na tureckim kazaniu (to sit like on a Turkish sermon) - to listen to something, while being unable to understand a thing

Language / Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? [39]


I was talking about the 'plural you'.

Here are some examples of what I'm talking about. It was an 'official' way of adressing people :)

Language / Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? [39]

It's true, it doesn't come from the communist party era, but still it was used frequently in those days. It CAN be taken as a reference to the communism. I'm not saying that it's wrong to use it, I just want to point out that there is a possibility of misinterpreting the speaker's intentions.

I'd personally never use "wy". For me it sounds awkward and archaic.


You can use 'Daj Boże' as well.

Language / Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? [39]


WHOA... yeah. Very pleasant indeed. "Let there be vag**a." :]


Communist party members used to adress each other using this form so I'd be careful with that if I were you.