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Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2


Alien  25 | 6347
7 Feb 2025   #391
monkey flying higher than Ptak.:::)))

They flew into space.
Przelotnyptak1  - | 471
7 Feb 2025   #392
They flew into space.

No Alien, monkey was flown into space, which is much different from flew.
pawian  224 | 27153
7 Feb 2025   #393
No such thing as a monkey flying higher than Ptak.:::)))

Of course there is especially when Poultry is hens and cocks, like you.

one clever word is worth more than whole stupid posts?

Bs. You mistook it with a photograph which is worth 1000 words. Ha!!!

What is your pathetic education??? Primary school in Poland like Iron ???
Przelotnyptak1  - | 471
8 Feb 2025   #394
You mistook it with a photograph which is worth 1000 words. Ha!!!

No,no, dumbo, photography did not exist in ancient Greece where "one wise word is worth more than thousands stupid"originated.
pawian  224 | 27153
8 Feb 2025   #395
photography did not exist in ancient Greece

It didn`t but painting did and Greeks could replace 1000 words with one work of art on their vase! Ha!!!!

I got you. Thank you.
pawian  224 | 27153
8 Feb 2025   #396
After silly off topic gibberish by poultry, let`s get back on topic.

Greeks

To pretend a Greek- what does it mean?
mafketis  38 | 11123
8 Feb 2025   #397
To pretend a Greek- what does it mean?

To play dumb.....
OP Feniks  1 | 769
9 Feb 2025   #398
Zamienił stryjek siekierkę na kijek

What does this mean?
pawian  224 | 27153
9 Feb 2025   #399
Thank you for bringing back that famous quote from Jan Brzechwa`s poem.

However, you forgot to translate it into English. :(:(:(
Ironside  50 | 12904
9 Feb 2025   #400
famous quote from Jan Brzechwa`s poem.

It hasn't originated there, It is an old saying modernised by JB verses.
pawian  224 | 27153
9 Feb 2025   #401
Wow, amasing info. Any proofs??? I prefer to pry it from you coz we all know you are a confirmed anitsemite and the Polish poet Brzechwa was of Jewish background so we suspect you are trying to diminish him now.
Ironside  50 | 12904
9 Feb 2025   #402
ow, amasing info. Any proofs?

Wow, you the modern titan of intellect do not know it>? It is rather a casual piece of common knowledge. Google it! lol!
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confirmed anitsemite and the Polish poet Brzechwa was of Jewish background
- antisemite - Mr teacher.
Oy vay! Really? His books should be banned and burned and his name erased from history. Yuck! - - Is that how that bird's brain of yours imagined my reaction? lol!
Enjoy, and don't forget to store it. You can have it handy to use it as the out-of-context quote when you maliciously slander me next time.
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OK, but seriously who cares? Why do you change the subject to some obscure racist obsession of yours? Eh?
pawian  224 | 27153
9 Feb 2025   #403
Google it!

Whenever sb replies like that, we know they can`t support their claim aka they are lying.
So were you. We knew it coz Polish antisemitic nationalists are ready to peddle any lie when Polish Jewish person is concerned. Ha!!!!

His books should be banned and burned and his name erased from history. Yuck

Yes, antisemitic maniac, we got you.
Ironside  50 | 12904
9 Feb 2025   #404
Yes, antisemitic maniac, we got y

lol, you haven't even waited for the next time. Good. It is a human right to be antisemite anyway. those who claim otherwise are genocidal maniacs and totalitarian tyrants.
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Whenever sb replies like that,

Maybe that rule pertains to you. What is it? Are you that old and decrepit you don't even know how to Google?
pawian  224 | 27153
9 Feb 2025   #405
even know how to Google?

But it is your homework which I assigned to you, my dear student. Don`t try to reverse our roles coz it is madness on your part. :):):)

t is a human right to be antisemite anyway.

In case of Polish nationalists, yes, it is your right. But don`t call yourself human. You are beasts.
Ironside  50 | 12904
9 Feb 2025   #406
are beasts.

said baboon. lol!
pawian  224 | 27153
9 Feb 2025   #407
Yes, a decent baboon said that nationalists are beasts. Simple. One day you will corroborate it.
OP Feniks  1 | 769
10 Feb 2025   #408
you forgot to translate it into English. :(:(:(

Oops, yes I did.

Uncle exchanged/traded an axe for a stick.
pawian  224 | 27153
10 Feb 2025   #409
It means to do bad trade on sth aka offer sth valuable and receive worthless stuff.
E.g, while talking about nourishment, I would do bad trade with Iron if I offered him my banana and accepted his skunk sandwich.
OP Feniks  1 | 769
11 Feb 2025   #410
It means to do bad trade on sth aka offer sth valuable and receive worthless stuff.

Exactly this.
pawian  224 | 27153
11 Feb 2025   #411
Of course, there was no other way. :):):)

As for previous riddles which nobody guessed -
to pretend a Greek means to play a stupid person who has no idea whatsoever.

soaping one`s eyes means taking sb in about your intentions, falsely promising things you won`t fulfill.
OP Feniks  1 | 769
11 Feb 2025   #412
Maf has guessed them both.
mafketis  38 | 11123
11 Feb 2025   #413
has guessed them both.

thank you, I don't know why he blocked me (I don't believe his story that it's a computer malfunction)
pawian  224 | 27153
12 Feb 2025   #414
Rightists and nationalists love acting according to certain saying:Let the Deluge happen after us!
mafketis  38 | 11123
12 Feb 2025   #415
:Let the Deluge happen after us!

Originally French and most English speakers use the French expression "Après nous le déluge" or maybe "After us, the flood" to express the same sentiment (or refer to it rather than express it as aspirational).

What about a reverse one?

Nie można tego ze soba zabrać. (I go back on forth on word order here...)
OP Feniks  1 | 769
14 Feb 2025   #416
Let the Deluge happen after us!

To have a blatant disregard for the consequences of what comes after they are gone. The ensuing chaos if you like.

Originally French and most English speakers use the French expression "Après nous le déluge"

That's what I would use.

Nie można tego ze soba zabrać.

You can't take it with you?
mafketis  38 | 11123
15 Feb 2025   #417
You can't take it with you?

Which means....?
Ironside  50 | 12904
15 Feb 2025   #418
"Après nous le déluge"

Auprés de ma blonde?

pawian  224 | 27153
15 Feb 2025   #419
Maf

I didn`t see anything. If I don`t, it doesn`t exist to me. Ha!!! Do you know what philosophy it is, Horatio???? hahahaha

disregard for the consequences

Yes!
OP Feniks  1 | 769
16 Feb 2025   #420
Which means....?

Enjoy life and what you have today because you can't take money or possessions with you when you die.


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