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  What it means

  Literally “to twist a noose for one’s own neck.” Means to create problems for oneself, to dig one’s own grave — acting in a way that will inevitably harm you. “To make a rod for one’s own back.”

  Vocabulary

  • stryczek — noose, hangman's rope
  • szyja — neck
  • własny — one's own

  Grammar note

  'Na własną szyję' uses the accusative of 'własna szyja' after 'na' — direction/purpose.

  Intermediate

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