krzyżyk na drogę
Meaning: Good riddance; a dismissive farewell wishing someone away.
Language: Polish
Literally: little cross on the road
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Origin uncertain; the phrase may derive from marking a threshold or boundary with a cross to ward off or send away.
More idioms — Daily Life
- 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.
- wziąć na ambit — To take something on as a matter of personal pride; to be set on succeeding because one's…
More Polish idioms
- 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.
- wąchać kwiatki od spodu — To be dead; to push up daisies.
From our untranslatable words
- Blunda — To close your eyes on purpose — and, by extension, to knowingly refuse to see something.
- Fredagsmys — The Friday-night ritual of soft clothes, snacks and television with the people you live w…
- Gökotta — Rising at first light for no reason but to go outside and hear the birds sing.