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  What it means

  Literally “to kick-fight with a horse.” Means to take on an opponent far stronger than yourself, to fight a losing battle — “to fight a losing battle,” “to wrestle with something way out of your league.”

  Vocabulary

  • kopać się — to kick each other, to fight by kicking
  • koń — horse

  Grammar note

  'Z koniem' uses the instrumental of 'koń' after 'z' — instrumental of accompaniment/opposition.

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