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  What it means

  Literally “to fight with shit.” Means to waste your energy struggling with something worthless or beneath you — to deal with something degrading that isn’t worth the trouble.

  Vocabulary

  • bić się — to fight / to struggle
  • z — with
  • gówno — shit / crap (vulgar)

  Grammar note

  'Z gównem' uses the instrumental of 'gówno' after 'z' (with).

  Cultural context

  Vulgar but widely used. Captures the frustration of dealing with something degrading or pointless.

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