Polish sayings

But what does it mean... in what context would you say this...?

Put an W between R and A then you know
It's mostly about a female staring/watching at you I suppose (I guess most often about an older women 60+/70+)

Aha...i see...

I am not totally sure, but I am guessing something like "a fool is looking at me."

Unfortunately, when my great grandparents came to the US, they would not allow their kids to speak Polish in the house. They wanted them to be American.

What does "a noisy cow gives little milk" mean?

All words and no action....

The same as an talking girl provides little homework, if you catch my drift

Don't act like you don't know/understand what's going on.
It's usually used when a person is trying to pretend that she doesn't know anything.For example when the kid tells you that he doesn't know who ate all the sweets or when parents are yelling and the kid is all "but why are mad"

Here's one from a Polish friend - his father used to use it:

Kaktus wyrośnie mi na rence wcześniej ____
Cactus will grow in my hand before __(fill in the blank)__

OMG ręce

Dłoni, actually.

Whatever, it is cardinal spelling mistake :)

Cactus will grow in|on my palm|hand|forehead|head
The most popular is Cactus will grow right here and she/he points finger in the middle of open palm.

jedna baba drugiej babie wsadzila do dupy grabie

Another version:
Jedna Pani drugiej Pani wsadziła do odbytnicy
nowoczesny sprzęt rolniczy. :)

This is naughty.

it a saying or a joke " człowiek urodźił się zmęczony , więc żyje poto by odpoczywać "
one is born tired , so one lives to be resting "

każdy kij ma dwa końce (each stick has to two sides to it) everything can be looked at from two points of view

Are there any Polish sayings when someone drops a spoon or a fork? My mother used to say it meant someone would soon be coming to the house and you could tell if it will be a man, a sport, or a lady by what was dropped?

My mother always says that someone hungry will come. :) "przyjdzie ktoś głodny"

That is probably the idea behind it. She may have elaborated by imagining who it would be that was hungry.
Thanks!

jak piorun w rabarbar strzelił - like lightning striking rhubarb

You got it wrong Penn that's saying about medal."Kazdy kij ma dwa konce" (every stick has two ENDS) means that for every action there is a reaction.

except a slingshot of course :)

Try not to hate me for this. I just couldn't help it. I tried........but I couldn't.

Anybody mentioned Sranie w banie yet?Means bull s h i t.

Nudzę się jak mops

I am bored like a pug.

To jest nudne jak flaki z olejem - it is as boring as tripes with oil.

"Przeżywać jak mrówka okres"
"Sąd sądem a sprawiedliwość musi być po naszej stronie"
"Nie dla psa kiełbasa"
"Są trzy prawdy: moja prawda, twoja prawda i gowno prawda"
"proste jak budowa cepa"
"Dzentelmen to mężczyzna, który opisując kobietę nie uzywa rąk"
"Nie chcem, ale muszem" - Lech Wałęsa.
"I nikt nas nie przekona, że białe jest białe a czarne jest czarne" - Kaczynski

"Sąd sądem a sprawiedliwość musi być po naszej stronie" - Court order is a court order, but the justice has to be on our side.

"Są trzy prawdy: moja prawda, twoja prawda i gowno prawda" - quote of Józef Tischner, meaning: There are 3 truths: mine, yours, and bullshit.

"proste jak budowa cepa" - Easy as the construction of a flail.

"Dzentelmen to mężczyzna, który opisując kobietę nie uzywa rąk" - Gentelman is a man, who, when describing a women does not use his hands.

"Nie chcem, ale muszem" - Lech Wałęsa. - Don't want to, but have to (m after chce and musze i sort of accent made on purpose)

"I nikt nas nie przekona, że białe jest białe a czarne jest czarne" - Kaczynski - Nobody will make us believe that white is white and black is black

przeżywać jak mrówka okres - to be excited/ to worry as an ant her period