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  What it means

  Literally “a hungry person has bread on their mind.” Means you think about what you need most — your desires and preoccupations are shaped by what you lack.

  Vocabulary

  • głodny — hungry
  • chleb — bread
  • myśl — thought / mind

  Grammar note

  'Głodnemu' is the dative of 'głodny' — used impersonally. 'Na myśli' uses the locative of 'myśl' after 'na'.

  Cultural context

  A folk saying rooted in the reality of hunger. Used today to explain why someone keeps bringing up a particular topic.

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