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  What it means

  Literally “Wojtek all around.” Means going around in circles — a situation where no matter what you try, you end up back at the same problem with no progress made.

  Vocabulary

  • dookoła — around / in circles
  • Wojtek — Wojtek (a common Polish male name)

  Grammar note

  A fixed idiomatic phrase. 'Wojtek' here is just a placeholder name — the full form is often 'dookoła Wojtek, a wszędzie dobrze' or simply used alone.

  Cultural context

  The name Wojtek is used here as a generic everyman — the phrase captures the frustration of circular reasoning or bureaucratic loops.

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