Someone that will suck up to somebody?
Yes. Except today vVaseline has been replaced with soap as shorter. But still Lenka`s version and screwing without soap are different ones.
Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2
Yes. Except today vVaseline has been replaced with soap as shorter. But still Lenka`s version and screwing without soap are different ones.
I haven`t used that saying in the forum yet.
Namely, each stick has two ends.
Namely, each stick has two ends.
each stick has two ends.
I would guess at two sides to every story.
johnny reb 48 | 8033
6 Mar 2025 #484
each stick has two ends.
Its a proverb that tells about looking at different perspectives.
Especially before holding another person accountable for something that went wrong.
It save you a lot of bitterness if you hear the other person out.
Bible Study 101
each stick has two ends.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other, swings and roundabouts, one man's meat is another man's poison, a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
And as Feniks says, there are two sides to the same story.
two sides to every story.
Yes! Or another Polish saying: each medal has two sides.
It save you a lot of bitterness if you hear the other person out.
Or quite the opposite. Hearing what Novi or Ptak communicate when they gossip about forum members gives decent people and apes a lot of bitterness. :):):)
Przelotnyptak1 1 | 1242
7 Mar 2025 #487
But Pawian insane tantrums are a sure indication of the urgent need for more insane asylums.
But Pawian insane tantrums are a sure indication of the urgent need for more insane asylums.
Spot on. He will probably commit suicide when the forum shuts down.
the forum shuts down.
Which one???? ):):)
I have just used this one on certain member who cherishes amasing dreams about cows:
until he strikes you on your pockets!! What does it mean???
until he strikes you on your pockets!! What does it mean???
A new one before I forget:
to drive sb out on the wheelbarrow. What does it mean and what is its origin?
American people have enough of him and his policies.
to drive sb out on the wheelbarrow. What does it mean and what is its origin?
Przelotnyptak1 1 | 1242
7 Mar 2025 #492
Spot on. He will probably commit suicide when the forum shuts down.
I agree, but consider the unintended consequences. Without Pawian PF, PF would shrink to microscopic size and die a painful death, taking the mummified Pawian remains to the cyber dumpster.
Without Pawian PF, PF would shrink to microscopic size and die a painful death.
The world will be a better place without this pos having a platform to spew his marxist agenda.
until he strikes you on your pockets!!
To expose someone to financial loss or large expenses?
to drive sb out on the wheelbarrow
To kick someone out of somewhere?
Przelotnyptak1 1 | 1242
8 Mar 2025 #495
The world will be a better place without this pos having a platform to spew his marxist agenda.
No question about it :::)))
The world will be a better place without having a platform
AmaSSing! Joker and Ptak would prefer to see the forum closed to punish me for my activity here. :):):)
Boys, I never put all my apples in one basket only. :):):)
johnny reb 48 | 8033
8 Mar 2025 #497
Joker and Ptak would prefer to see the forum closed to punish me for my activity here.
Shows just how toxic you are dunnit.
Shows
Yes, it shows how hard you are trying to ignore me. hahahaha
Thank you for being only words and zero action. You are a true friend. :):):
To expose To kick
Double exactly!
However, I also asked about the origin of the wheelbarrow idiom.
A new one before I forget - in another thread I mentioned Norwegian ski jumpers who cheated during an important competition. Unbelievable! Norwegians??? Time to die..........
They combined with their skiing suits. What does it mean?
origin of the wheelbarrow idiom.
No idea I'm afraid.
They combined with
Connected? Linked together?
No idea I'm afraid.
A few minutes ago you posted a vid of Peasants movie song. The fate that Jagna meets in the novel/film adaptation is is the herald of wheelbarrow drive. :):):)
Connected?
:(:(:( Of course not. We are talking about idioms........ :):):)
The fate that Jagna meets in the novel/film adaptation is is the herald of wheelbarrow drive. :):):)
OK, she was ejected from the village and subjected to humiliation from the villagers. The origins lie in humiliation or am I barking up the wrong tree?
she was ejected from the village
How???
I barking up the wrong tree?
No, you aren`t coz your skin is as thick as tree bark or rhinocerous`. :):P):)
she was ejected
Wow! Why are you using Past Simple when talking about the plot??? Very unusual. :):):):):):):)
How???
On a cart.
Exactly - on a cart filled with manure! In modern times, a cart has been replaced with a wheelbarrow. Used in communist times by furious workers who dealt with their good for nothing bosses nominated by the communist party.
And the last case of it took place in democratic Poland in 1993.
And the last case of it took place in democratic Poland in 1993.
Why are you using Past Simple when talking about the plot??? V
Because I was talking about the end result. She was removed from the village. Never really thought about it to be honest.
Used in communist times by furious workers who dealt with their good for nothing bosses nominated by the communist party.
Thanks for the explanation.
They combined with
I really don't have much idea about this one...
I was talking about the end result
Of course. But plots are covered with Present Simple in reviews. That`s what I teach my students. :):):)
about this one.
Come on! You are tougher than that!
Check the direct Polish translation of combine in slang/colloqiual meaning.
direct Polish translation of combine in slang/colloqiual meaning.
It can be translated in many ways depending on what one wants to say. Don't know the slang meaning. Anything to do with unity?
They combined with their skiing suits. What does it mean?
They were up to no good with their ski suits.
They were cheating with their ski suits.
The verb kombinować is _very_ expressive and has no good equivalent in English*. It implies a mix of guile, improvization and get things done in a not entirely legal or ethical way. The character Rysiek in Miś is a worldclass kombinator and in a sense the whole movie is about the weird extremes people had to go through to get things done that shouldn't be that hard.
It was a necessary skill in the PRL and a family without a kombinator who knew how to get things done and/or find hard to find goods had to made do without.
*at least in the US, maybe the UK has something... I've sometimes heard 'tricky' applied to people but I don't know if it's the same thing
kombinować is _very_ expressive and has no good equivalent in English*. It implies a mix of guile, improvization and get things done in a not entirely legal or ethical way.
Thanks maf, now I know where's he's coming from. I've heard examples of this many times before especially , as you say, under communism. It's a way of beating the system.
maybe the UK has something
Scheming possibly.