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  What it means

  Literally “what is delayed won’t escape.” Means what’s meant to happen will happen eventually — you can postpone it but not avoid it. Also used to justify procrastination.

  Vocabulary

  • odwlec — to delay / to postpone
  • uciec — to escape / to run away

  Grammar note

  'Co się odwlecze' — reflexive passive construction. 'Nie uciecze' is perfective future negative.

  Cultural context

  Often used with a shrug to justify putting something off. The fatalistic flip side of 'co nagle, to po diable.'

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