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  What it means

  Literally “a barrel without a bottom.” Describes something — or someone — that consumes resources endlessly without ever being satisfied or filled.

  Vocabulary

  • beczka — barrel
  • dno — bottom

  Grammar note

  'Bez dna' uses the genitive of 'dno' after 'bez' (without). The phrase is typically used predicatively: 'to jest beczka bez dna' (it's a bottomless pit).

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