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As with proverbs of other peoples around the world, Polish proverbs concern many topics; [5] at least 2,000 Polish proverbs relate to weather and climate alone. [1] Many concern classic topics such as fortune and misfortune, religion, family, everyday life, health, love, wealth, and women; others, like the first recorded Polish proverb (referring to bast production), and those about weather ...
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stub Darowanemu koniowi w zęby się nie zagląda Literally: Don't look at the teeth of a horse that you got as a present Moral: Appreciate what you have Note: Looking at horse's teeth is one of the way to determine the age of a horse, and, therefore, its value.
Krzyżanowski was the editor of the largest and most reputable collection of Polish proverbs up to date, [1] called the "bible of Polish proverbs", [2] Nowa księga przysłów i wyrażeń przysłowiowych polskich (New Book of Polish Proverbs and Proverbial Expressions, also known as Nowa Księga przysłów polskich, A New Book of Polish Proverbs, published in several volumes in the years 1969 ...
The slogan of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party during the Polish People's Republic. Żeby Polska była Polską ("Let Poland be Poland"): a song written in 1976 by Jan Pietrzak. The song was regarded as an expression of the struggle against communist rule in Poland and support for the "Solidarity" movement in the 1980s.
A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:
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