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  What it means

  Literally “to give oneself hay.” To give up, to throw in the towel, to admit defeat — to decide something isn’t worth the effort anymore.

  Vocabulary

  • dać sobie — to give oneself
  • siano — hay

  Grammar note

  'Siana' is genitive of 'siano' — partitive genitive after 'dać'. A colloquial, slightly rustic-sounding expression.

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