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  What it means

  Literally “the wolf is full and the sheep is whole.” Means to have your cake and eat it too — a situation where two seemingly incompatible outcomes are both achieved at once.

  Vocabulary

  • wilk — wolf
  • syty — full / satiated
  • owca — sheep
  • cały — whole / intact / unharmed

  Grammar note

  Two parallel nominative clauses. The repeated 'i...i' means 'both...and'. 'Cała' is feminine agreeing with 'owca'.

  Cultural context

  A classic Polish proverb expressing the ideal of a win-win solution. Often used ironically when such a solution seems impossible.

  Intermediate

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