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  What it means

  Literally “a ball of nerves.” Describes someone who is extremely anxious, tense, and wound up — “a bundle of nerves.”

  Vocabulary

  • kłębek — ball (of yarn), tangle, bundle
  • nerwy — nerves

  Grammar note

  'Nerwów' is the genitive plural of 'nerw' — genitive of composition (a ball made of nerves).

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