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

I read that actually it's that the original meaning of szmat was a large area:

sjp.pwn.pl/poradnia/haslo/Szmata-a-szmat;16810.html

And with this positive accent I call it a day coz I have run out of riddles. See you!

That's what I meant. Hair splitting you are.......

@Feniks

Then you should have said what you meant.
Pawian was simply correcting you.

Kettle / Black

Yes, but only into two while the proverb of Polish bees is splitting hair into 4 ! Ha!

Feniks, you should take care of your thread better than that. You are responsible for it sort of.

E.g, what is the special meaning of cupcake???

Little bum.

Thanks Novi as we always thought it meant a fancy little doll of some kind.
"Dolly"

As I wrote in comment #12, it might well be a polonization of the German word Puppe (doll). could also mean 'little butt'... only the person who said it knows what the intention was....

Novi says things which remind me of sucking sth from a finger. What does it mean?

Pulling something out of thin air?


Than what?

Novi says things which remind me of sucking sth from a finger. What does it mean?


Exactly! Like Novi babbling about Ukrainian losses. :):):)


Than visiting it once or twice a week. :(:(:(:(

What is meant by ' to have eaten a barrel of salt together?

To know sb very well and be good friends.

Big barrel- what`s the idiom in Polish??

Yes. No idea about your barrel idiom though.

Big barrel is BEKA which means huge amusement.

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Something intense but which quickly peters out?

That sounds sexual to me.

Only if you have more enthusiasm than ability

Yes! Short lived enthusiasm.

A few decades ago in my primary school teachers asked students to join a campaign of feeding birds in wintertime. Initially, all my class volunteered. Later I remained practically alone with one mate assisting me in supplying food to bird feeders. One teacher called it straw fire. My mate and me were publicly praised at the school assembly for our dedication.

Who is a red count???

I need a clue for this one.

Of course. Thank you for asking. What do you know about counts???

As in nobility titles?

Exactly!!!
Now, what does it mean when we call a person red?????
Hint - I don`t mean colour of hair or skin.

A reference to communism?

Exactly!!

Now, combine these two. Who is a red count?? There were a few of them in Polish history, including 19th century.

How am I supposed to know which one?

I am not asking you to provide any names. I only remarked that the occurence of red counts extends as long ago as 19th century, when communism wasn`t applied in practice yet.
Hey, come on, you are almost there. Red count! Who was he??? No names, just a definition.
Or - should I have asked: what was he??? Sorry if that who misled you.