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Meaning: To wish to disappear from shame or mortification.
Language: Polish
Literally: to sink into the earth
Category: Nature
Origin: The image is of being so embarrassed that one wants to vanish entirely into the ground.
More idioms — Nature
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- zmieszać z błotem — To harshly criticize or verbally attack someone; to tear them apart.
- wąchać kwiatki od spodu — To be dead; to push up daisies.
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More Polish idioms
- na kolanie — Done quickly, crudely, or without proper care; improvised and shoddy.
- utrzymać język za zębami — To keep silent and refrain from speaking.
- papierek lakmusowy — A decisive test that reveals the true nature or quality of something.
- nic a nic — Not at all; not in the slightest.
- mieć głowę na karku — To be sensible, intelligent, and capable of thinking for oneself.
- wyrzucić pieniądze w błoto — To waste money on something worthless or futile.
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