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Meaning: Careless, thoughtless speech; whatever comes to mind without reflection or substance.
Language: Polish
Literally: whatever saliva brings to the tongue
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: The image pictures words flowing from the mouth as naturally and thoughtlessly as saliva, without deliberation or meaningful content.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- utrzymać język za zębami — To keep silent and refrain from speaking.
- mieć głowę na karku — To be sensible, intelligent, and capable of thinking for oneself.
- trzymać buzię na kłódkę — To keep silent and not reveal a secret.
- policzyć na palcach jednej ręki — To be very few in number; countable on one hand.
- uzbroić się w cierpliwość — To be patient or to gather one's patience.
- rozłożyć ręce — To give up; to throw up one's hands in admission of defeat or inability to act.
More Polish idioms
- błędne koło — A logical fallacy or impossible situation in which the solution requires solving the prob…
- ciągnie swój do swego — People naturally gravitate toward and associate with those similar to themselves.
- podbijać bębenka — To flatter someone in an attempt to win their favor.
- róg Amaltei — An abundant and inexhaustible source of wealth or plenty.
- kupować kota w worku — To purchase something without examining it first, risking getting a poor deal.
- zapadać się pod ziemię — To wish to disappear from shame or mortification.
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