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| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6106 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 1 of 6 11 September 2013 at 7:07pm | IP Logged |
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I came across the following sentence in an online blog:
"Myślałem bowiem, że rzucisz mi się do gardła". It seems idiomatic, but I can't understand it. Can anyone explain it? Edited by Mooby on 11 September 2013 at 7:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rastoi Diglot Newbie Poland lastfm.pl/user/Rasto Joined 5589 days ago 1 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: German | Message 3 of 6 11 September 2013 at 8:06pm | IP Logged |
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It is idiomatic.
Literally "Although I thought you will throw yourself at my throat" Which can be loosely translated as "Although I thought you will be angry at me" or "[...] mad at me". Seems there's a similar idiom in English. http://megaslownik.pl/slownik/polsko_angielski/168873,rzuci% C4%87+si%C4%99+komu%C5%9B+do+ gard%C5%82a/edit http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jump+down+throat 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6106 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 5 of 6 11 September 2013 at 10:01pm | IP Logged |
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Many thanks, I understand now.
There is a similiar expression in English: "to jump down someone's throat" @erenko: Yes, I don't often see "bowiem", thanks for clarifying that. Edited by Mooby on 12 September 2013 at 12:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5729 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 6 of 6 12 September 2013 at 11:58am | IP Logged |
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A known polish linguist S.Barańczak wrote that it means: ‘atakować kogoś, rzucić się do bicia’; zwrot, gw. przestęp.; (last words mean it's from criminal slang) but I've never
encountered this phrase in this context. Only in its idiomatic sense meaning to be angry with someone and probably express it violently (using harsh words but without being physical). 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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