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  What it means

  Literally “brake block/pad.” Used figuratively for a person or thing that slows everything down, blocks progress, or acts as a drag on others — “a dead weight,” “a brake on progress.”

  Vocabulary

  • klocek — block, pad (diminutive of kloc)
  • hamulcowy — brake (adjective, from hamulec)

  Grammar note

  Nominative masculine noun phrase. Used metaphorically: 'on jest klockiem hamulcowym w tym projekcie' — he's the brake pad on this project.

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