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  What it means

  Literally “fat as a barrel.” A blunt simile describing someone who is very overweight — round and wide like a barrel.

  Vocabulary

  • gruby — fat / thick
  • beczka — barrel / keg

  Grammar note

  'Jak' introduces the comparison. 'Beczka' is nominative after 'jak' in a simile.

  Cultural context

  Direct and unsparing — Polish similes of this type tend not to soften the comparison.

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