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Meaning: A plea to someone to stop and spare the speaker further humiliation, even if it means accepting defeat.
Language: Polish
Literally: end yourself, spare shame
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Origin uncertain; the phrase draws on the image of shame accumulating through continued failure or embarrassment.
More idioms — Daily Life
- krzyżyk na drogę — Good riddance; a dismissive farewell wishing someone away.
- bez owijania w bawełnę — Bluntly and directly, without softening or sugarcoating one's words.
- 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.
More Polish idioms
- światełko w tunelu — A sign of hope or improvement after a long period of hardship or darkness.
- robić dobrą minę do złej gry — To grin and bear it; to pretend a bad situation is acceptable.
- zmieszać z błotem — To harshly criticize or verbally attack someone; to tear them apart.
- rozłożyć ręce — To give up; to throw up one's hands in admission of defeat or inability to act.
- strzyc uszami — To prick up one's ears; to listen intently.
- cud miód — Something delicious, wonderful, or excellent.
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