rany koguta
Meaning: A mild exclamation expressing surprise, frustration, or emphasis.
Language: Polish
Literally: rooster's wounds
Category: Animals
Origin: Origin uncertain; likely a folk euphemism substituting an animal reference for a more serious oath or invocation.
More idioms — Animals
- wziąć w łapę — To take a bribe or to accept money corruptly.
- pijany jak świnia — Extremely intoxicated or drunk.
- ежовые рукавицы (ezhovye rukavitsy) — Harsh, strict, or iron-fisted rule or discipline.
- надуться как мышь на крупу (nadut'sya kak mysh' na krupu) — To become angry or offended; to sulk or huff indignantly.
- метать бисер перед свиньями (metat' biser pered svin'yami) — To offer something precious or refined to someone incapable of appreciating it.
- отбросить копыта (otbrosit' kopyta) — To die, to kick the bucket.
More Polish idioms
- 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.
- włożyć kij w szprychy — To obstruct or sabotage someone's plans or efforts.
- wziąć z sufitu — To invent something without basis; to make something up or fabricate it.
- manna z nieba — An unexpected blessing or fortunate arrival of something greatly needed.
- stracić twarz — To suffer a loss of respect, dignity, or social standing, especially through shame or fai…
From our untranslatable words
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- Komorebi — The dappled light that filters through leaves and scatters across the ground.
- Schadenfreude — The guilty little pleasure of taking satisfaction in someone else's misfortune.