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  What it means

  Literally “to be in a black ass.” Means to be in serious trouble, in a very bad situation with no easy way out. The vulgar Polish equivalent of “to be in deep shit.”

  Vocabulary

  • czarny — black
  • dupa — ass / backside (vulgar)

  Grammar note

  'W czarnej dupie' uses the locative after 'w' — 'czarnej' and 'dupie' are locative forms.

  Cultural context

  Vulgar but extremely common in everyday speech. The colour 'czarny' (black) intensifies the severity of the situation.

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