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  What it means

  Literally “Appetite grows with eating.” Means that the more you have, the more you want — desire increases as it is satisfied. Used about greed, ambition, or any escalating want.

  Vocabulary

  • apetyt — appetite
  • rośnie — grows (3rd person singular)
  • w miarę — in proportion to / as
  • jedzenie — eating / food

  Grammar note

  'W miarę jedzenia' uses the genitive of the verbal noun 'jedzenie' after the phrase 'w miarę'.

  Cultural context

  A well-known Polish proverb often quoted in political and economic contexts.

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