Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation

Yes, what things exactly??


I found it when I studied Polish Reneissance poetry.
Only a bit.

You have a filthy mind ;-)

I know what I mean but it's hard to explain. The more someone ages, the better they become as a person. There is a phrase ' aging like a fine wine' that springs to mind. That might not be what your idiom is about though.

Yes, but you need to be more specific - better in what, exactly? Just provide one aspect of human life.

I guess I mean people are valued and appreciated more for their knowledge and wisdom. More emotionally and spiritually balanced maybe? I don't think this is what you're looking for though.

Yes, but you are too general. It is knowledge and wisdom and balance in which sphere of human life exactly? Imagine: a hard tail, a hard tail. :):):)

@pawian - don't make Pam blush :P

So Gumishu was right after all?


There's not much that makes me blush these days....

hahaha
Jan Kochanowski wrote that funny poem To the Maiden.
staropolska.pl/renesans/jan_kochanowski/fraszki/fraszki_52.html

To a maiden

Lovely maiden, do not run away from me,
Thy countenance blushed and my beard that gray be
Shall surely agree; for, when one a wreath makes,
Together with a rose one a lily takes.

Lovely maiden, do not run away from me,
My heart is not old, though my beard may gray be;
Even though my beard is gray, I am still strong,
Garlic is white where round, and is green where is long.

Do not run, I advice; you know what they tell:
An old cat can keep his tail upright and well;
An oak, though is dry, though a leaf off it may fall,
On a healthy root it will stand strong and tall.

And you let me ramble on about wisdom and knowledge when all the time the idiom was about something far more basic .......shame on you!

Basic? Human existence depends on it. It also requires knowledge and wisdom to do it right.

Of course, but you know what I meant ;-)

A new one:

Wziąć coś ze szczyptą soli

To not believe it 100%, allow for exaggeration

Easy one:

to eat a barrel of salt

Yep, perfect explanation for taking something with a pinch of salt.


To know someone very well and for a long time, having many shared experiences?

Less known about salt:
to sprinkle salt on one`s tail.

To do the unbelievable or impossible.

Last idiom - Ciągnąć czyjąś nogę

Yes, do you know where it comes from?

I thought it was advice given to children in a joking way.

Yes, but in what situation should you sprinkle salt on a tail?

new:
I am not made up of salt or field but of my pains/aches. or I don`t come from salt......

Just came across this one:
Russians threw a grenade into the front yard.

Calling sb arat is similar in both languages.

How about calling sb a catin Polish? Or a dog?

To catch a second breath- what is it about?

Is it the equivalent of dropped a bombshell?


To find energy again after being tired and worn out. We would say ' to get a second wind'.

Ciągnąć czyjąś nogę

yes and yes. Pulling a leg means yakning sb`s chain.

And what about straw which sticks out of sb`s shoes?

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Perfect :)


Someone who acts in a posh manner but their lower class/boorish manner gives away their origins?

I've heard it used more to describe the people from the wioski who come into money or "wiesniaki" ... usually because of their appearance or their purchasing priorities - i.e. they'll buy a new Mercedes, but not spend money to fix their missing teeth... sloma z butow wystaje...

Yes, Chem and Dirk.

Two new ones - never presented:

to have your hand/arm cut off for sb/sth

to have hay in one`s head

To give something or somebody your all? To do anything for a particular person/reason?


To act or think in an immature or stupid way? Polish people would describe such a person as being 'niedojrzały' I think.

A new one:

Wyciągnąć królika z kapelusza

Yes and yes.

Pull the rabbit out of the hat? If you do it by its ears, it means you are a sadist coz it is forbidden to carry rabbits by their ears. If you do it by its balls, you are even a bigger sadist, plus a rabbit molester. You is editorial (Rich`s license).