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  What it means

  Literally “without wrapping in cotton wool.” Means without beating around the bush — getting straight to the point without softening or padding the message.

  Vocabulary

  • owijanie — wrapping
  • bawełna — cotton

  Grammar note

  'Bez owijania' uses the genitive of the verbal noun 'owijanie' after 'bez.' 'W bawełnę' uses the accusative after 'w' — wrapping something in cotton.

  Cultural context

  Cotton wool was historically used to wrap fragile or precious things. The idiom suggests that some people wrap their words so carefully in softness that the message gets lost.

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