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  What it means

  Literally “rich as Croesus.” Means fabulously wealthy — the Polish equivalent of “rich as Croesus,” referring to the legendarily wealthy Lydian king.

  Vocabulary

  • bogaty — rich / wealthy
  • Krezus — Croesus (ancient Lydian king, byword for wealth)

  Grammar note

  'Jak' introduces the comparison. 'Krezus' is used as an indeclinable proper noun in this fixed phrase.

  Cultural context

  Croesus of Lydia (6th century BC) was proverbially the richest man in the ancient world. The comparison entered Polish through classical education and is still immediately understood.

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