1. A Pole wonât tell you to get lost.
Theyâll tell you to âstuff yourself with hayâ (wypchaÄ siÄ sianem).
They âtake something on a toothâ (wziÄ
Ä coĆ na zÄ
b).
3. A Pole never beats around the bush.
They prefer to âwrap the truth in cottonâ (owijaÄ prawdÄ w baweĆnÄ).
4. Polish people are not nit-picky.
They are âlooking for a hole in the wholeâ (szukaÄ dziury w caĆym).
5. Polish people donât count their chickens before theyâre hatched.
They âdivide the skin on the bearâ (dzieliÄ skĂłrÄ na niedĆșwiedziu).
6. A Polish person doesnât sulk.
He/she âhas flies up his/her noseâ (mieÄ muchy w nosie).
7. Polish people donât mess things up.
They âmake bigosâ (narobiÄ bigosu) or âbrew beerâ (nawarzyÄ piwa) instead.
8. A Pole doesnât daydream.
They âthink of blue almondsâ (myĆleÄ o niebieskich migdaĆach).
9. Poles will not speak bluntly.
Theyâll âtell it straight from the bridgeâ (mĂłwiÄ prosto z mostu).
10. A Pole is not uninformedâŠ
He just âfell from the Christmas treeâ (urwaÄ siÄ z choinki).
11. Poles do not simply grin and bear it.
They âput up a good face for a bad gameâ (robiÄ dobrÄ
minÄ do zĆej gry).
12. A bad Polish writer doesnât waffle.
He âpours waterâ (laÄ wodÄ).
13. A Polish person doesnât just run away.
He âgives a legâ (daÄ nogÄ) or âtakes his legs under his beltâ (braÄ nogi za pas).
14. A Pole is never a know-it-all.
Instead, he âate all witsâ (pozjadaÄ wszystkie rozumy).
15. Polish people wonât pull your leg.
Theyâll âstick you into a bottleâ (nabiÄ kogoĆ w butelkÄ).
16. A Pole wonât take you apart.
Heâll âmix you with mudâ (zmieszaÄ kogoĆ z bĆotem) or âhang dogs on youâ (powiesiÄ na kimĆ psy).
17. A Pole wonât promise you the world.
But you might get âpears on a willowâ (gruszki na wierzbie).
18. Polish people donât run like hell.
They ârun where the pepper growsâ (uciekaÄ gdzie pieprz roĆnie) or âwhere the devil says goodnightâ (gdzie diabeĆ mĂłwi dobranoc).
19. Poles wonât pester you.
Theyâll âdrill a hole in your bellyâ (wierciÄ komuĆ dziurÄ w brzuchu).
20. Polish people donât bite off more than they can chew.
They âjump at the sun with a hoeâ (porywaÄ siÄ z motykÄ
na sĆoĆce).