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


mafketis  38 | 10880
25 Jul 2024   #31
quality clothes which you and me buy take a long time to turn into rags. Hence the idiom. :):):)

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
pawian  219 | 24648
25 Jul 2024   #32
Yes!!!

And with this positive accent I call it a day coz I have run out of riddles. See you!
OP Feniks  1 | 518
25 Jul 2024   #33
Stoke means adding fuel to the furnace

That's what I meant. Hair splitting you are.......
johnny reb  46 | 7540
26 Jul 2024   #34
@Feniks
That's what I meant.

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

Kettle / Black
pawian  219 | 24648
26 Jul 2024   #35
Hair splitting you are.....

Yes, but only into two while the proverb of Polish bees is splitting hair into 4 ! Ha!
pawian  219 | 24648
4 Aug 2024   #36
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???
Miloslaw  21 | 4946
4 Aug 2024   #37
My Polish grandmother called my aunt something like "poopka"

Little bum.
johnny reb  46 | 7540
5 Aug 2024   #38
Thanks Novi as we always thought it meant a fancy little doll of some kind.
"Dolly"
mafketis  38 | 10880
5 Aug 2024   #39
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....
pawian  219 | 24648
10 Aug 2024   #40
Novi says things which remind me of sucking sth from a finger. What does it mean?
OP Feniks  1 | 518
10 Aug 2024   #41
What does it mean?

Pulling something out of thin air?

you should take care of your thread better than that.

Than what?
pawian  219 | 24648
10 Aug 2024   #42
Novi says things which remind me of sucking sth from a finger. What does it mean?

out of thin air?

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

Than what?

Than visiting it once or twice a week. :(:(:(:(
OP Feniks  1 | 518
15 Aug 2024   #43
What is meant by ' to have eaten a barrel of salt together?
pawian  219 | 24648
15 Aug 2024   #44
a barrel

To know sb very well and be good friends.

Big barrel- what`s the idiom in Polish??
OP Feniks  1 | 518
17 Aug 2024   #45
To know sb very well and be good friends

Yes. No idea about your barrel idiom though.
pawian  219 | 24648
17 Aug 2024   #46
Big barrel is BEKA which means huge amusement.


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pawian  219 | 24648
9 Sep 2024   #47
Straw fire!!!!
OP Feniks  1 | 518
9 Sep 2024   #48
Something intense but which quickly peters out?
johnny reb  46 | 7540
9 Sep 2024   #49
That sounds sexual to me.
Alien  22 | 5478
10 Sep 2024   #50
sounds sexual

Only if you have more enthusiasm than ability
pawian  219 | 24648
10 Sep 2024   #51
Something intense but which quickly peters out?

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.
pawian  219 | 24648
10 Sep 2024   #52
Who is a red count???
OP Feniks  1 | 518
11 Sep 2024   #53
I need a clue for this one.
pawian  219 | 24648
11 Sep 2024   #54
Of course. Thank you for asking. What do you know about counts???
OP Feniks  1 | 518
11 Sep 2024   #55
As in nobility titles?
pawian  219 | 24648
11 Sep 2024   #56
Exactly!!!
Now, what does it mean when we call a person red?????
Hint - I don`t mean colour of hair or skin.
OP Feniks  1 | 518
11 Sep 2024   #57
A reference to communism?
pawian  219 | 24648
11 Sep 2024   #58
Exactly!!

Now, combine these two. Who is a red count?? There were a few of them in Polish history, including 19th century.
OP Feniks  1 | 518
11 Sep 2024   #59
There were a few of them in Polish history,

How am I supposed to know which one?
pawian  219 | 24648
11 Sep 2024   #60
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.


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