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  What it means

  Literally “the crown won’t fall off your head.” Means it won’t kill you, it won’t hurt your dignity — used to tell someone that doing something humble or inconvenient won’t diminish them.

  Vocabulary

  • korona — crown
  • głowa — head
  • spaść — to fall off (perfective)

  Grammar note

  'Z głowy' uses the genitive of 'głowa' after 'z' (off/from). 'Nie spadnie' is the negated future perfective.

  Cultural context

  Often said to someone who is being unnecessarily proud or refusing to do something beneath their perceived status.

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