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  What it means

  Literally “an old man and old woman are missing.” Said humorously when a gathering is chaotic, noisy, or has every type of person imaginable — the only thing missing is a bickering old couple to complete the picture.

  Vocabulary

  • dziad — old man (colloquial)
  • baba — old woman (colloquial)
  • brakuje — is missing, is lacking

  Grammar note

  'Dziada z babą' is genitive — 'brakuje' always takes the genitive of what is missing.

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