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  What it means

  Literally “Not baa, not moo, not cock-a-doodle-doo.” Means someone said absolutely nothing — not a single word. Used when a person stays completely silent or gives no response at all.

  Vocabulary

  • ani — not even / neither
  • be — baa (sheep sound)
  • me — moo (cow sound)
  • kukuryki — cock-a-doodle-doo (rooster sound)

  Grammar note

  Triple negation with 'ani...ani...ani' — a common Polish structure for emphatic negation.

  Cultural context

  The animal sounds make this idiom vivid and memorable. A shorter version 'ani be, ani me' is also common.

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