bez owijania w bawełnę
Meaning: Bluntly and directly, without softening or sugarcoating one's words.
Language: Polish
Literally: without wrapping in cotton
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The image of wrapping something fragile in cotton padding to protect it; speaking without such protective cushioning.
More idioms — Daily Life
- nie dać żyć — To make someone's life so difficult and burdensome that they cannot function normally.
- zamiatać pod dywan — To conceal or hide a problem rather than address it directly.
- włożyć kij w szprychy — To obstruct or sabotage someone's plans or efforts.
- grać na zwłokę — To stall or delay deliberately in order to buy time until one is ready.
- wziąć na ambit — To challenge someone to prove their courage or honor; to call someone's bravery into ques…
- wziąć na bajer — To deceive someone or con them into believing something false.
More Polish idioms
- strzyc uszami — To prick up one's ears; to listen intently.
- cud miód — Something delicious, wonderful, or excellent.
- wąchać kwiatki od spodu — To be dead; to push up daisies.
- rany koguta — A mild exclamation expressing surprise, frustration, or emphasis.
- stracić nerwy — To lose one's emotional control and become agitated or frantic.
- stracić głowę — To act without rational thought; to abandon self-control and sound judgment.
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