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  What it means

  Literally “when it comes to what to what.” Means “when push comes to shove” — when the moment of truth arrives and things get serious. Used to describe the point where talk ends and action (or consequences) begin.

  Vocabulary

  • przyjdzie — will come (perfective future of 'przyjść')
  • co do czego — what to what — idiomatic for 'the crunch point'

  Grammar note

  A fixed conditional clause. 'Co do czego' is a frozen expression — the individual words don't carry their literal meanings here.

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