If you say this you are basically taking no responsibility for some trouble that is going on or for the people behind it.

Not my circus, not my monkeys 'Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy' Jan: ' I said 'Ahhhhhrg! please stop your car! you just ran over my wife!'' What did you say? I was just thinking of blue almonds so I didn't hear you.' Thinking of blue almonds 'Myśleć o niebieskich migdałach'Ī rather sweet way of saying that you drifted off into a daydream. I'll admit I did you a real bear's favour there. Janusz 'Wow! That's amazing! A cat playing the guitar!'Īgnieszka 'But Janusz - he only ever plays painful acoustic covers of tacky 2000's pop songs!' This can be intentional or unintentional.Īgnieszka 'When I asked you to feed my cat while I was away, I didn't mean mushrooms'Īgnieszka 'Well, now he's definitely not bored. While someone may have seemed like they were doing something nice, in fact, this favour caused more trouble than it did good. We really are where the devil says goodnight' Zosia: 'And over there I can literally see a burned-out car with two snakes inside mating'Īndrzej: 'Oh god. Zosia: 'We just passed a man dressing up a cow like a princess.' It's getting dark and it's so creepy here.'Īndrzej: 'No we didn't, it's fine. Zosia: 'We definitely missed the turn off like an hour ago. English (Australian) alternatives to this saying include 'the back of Bourke' and 'back of beyond'. Despite the devil being involved, this idiom can be used affectionately and neutrally as well as negatively. This could be the middle of a forest or a tiny village lost in time. This is a faraway and isolated place that not many people go. Where the devil says goodnight 'Gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc' Mafia Boss: ' Don't call the wolf from the forest, kid. Small-time crook: 'Ah, you wouldn't hurt me, you're all talk' I ask for it back, you give it back or I break your back. Mafia Boss: You ask for a loan, I give you a loan. Small-time crook: 'Look, old man, I had a few problems, alright? Get off my back' Similar English phrases are 'Let sleeping dogs lie', 'Don't poke the beast' & 'Don't wake the bear' To call the wolf out of the forest would be to call danger to you unnecessarily. To run into a wolf by accident while walking in the forest is a dangerous situation that we normally try to avoid. Here are 25 traditional Polish clever comebacks, ingenious insults, sly digs, sweet sayings and funny phrases from some feathered hat-wearing, kielbasa roasting, vodka drinking, mountain climbing, Polka dancing, Slavic squatting, pickle loving ancient Poles.ĭon't call the wolf from the forest 'Nie wywołuj wilka z lasu'ĭon't stir up trouble for no reason. If you're low key looking to impress your squad with your fierce way of talking, then look no further than these old school Polish idioms to freshen up your convo. We're curving the Gen Z fam's 'glow up' of language and keeping it OG. We don't think it's 'Gucci' to be 'thirsty', so we're finna give all you thots the t.e.a on what's REALLY straight fire. With the ability to ride the wave of evolving slang trends being a necessity in order to fully engage in modern entertainment programs, pop culture & social media, if you can't keep up then it seems as if you will you fall out of the loop and get left behind just like your grandparents did.īut we don't care.

Funny short phrases that rhyme