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  What it means

  “A cash cow.” A person or thing that is exploited as a reliable source of money — milked for profit without much being given back.

  Vocabulary

  • dojna — milking (adjective, feminine)
  • krowa — cow

  Grammar note

  'Dojna' is a feminine adjective from 'doić' (to milk). Direct equivalent of the English 'cash cow.'

  Cultural context

  Used in business and everyday speech. 'Traktować kogoś jak dojną krowę' — to treat someone as a cash cow.

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