• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “to lay one’s ears back.” Means to become submissive, to back down, to tuck one’s tail between one’s legs — like a dog flattening its ears in submission.

  Vocabulary

  • uszy — ears (plural of ucho)
  • po sobie — back, behind oneself

  Grammar note

  'Uszy' is accusative plural — direct object of 'kłaść'. 'Po sobie' is a fixed adverbial phrase.

  Intermediate

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