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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, when a situation demands real action or decision.

  Vocabulary

  • kiedy — when
  • przyjść — to come (perfective)
  • co do czego — what to what (idiomatic)

  Grammar note

  An impersonal construction. 'Co do czego' is a fixed phrase — literally 'what to what', meaning the crunch point where things must be resolved.

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