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  What it means

  Literally “like a bur on a dog’s tail.” Describes someone who clings persistently and annoyingly — impossible to shake off. “Like a leech,” “sticking like glue.”

  Vocabulary

  • rzep — bur, burr (the prickly seed that sticks to fur)
  • psi — dog's (adjective)
  • ogon — tail

  Grammar note

  'Psiego ogona' — genitive of 'psi ogon' after 'rzep' (bur of a dog's tail). 'Psiego' is genitive of the adjective 'psi'.

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