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  What it means

  Literally “a drop wears away the stone.” Means persistent, repeated effort eventually overcomes even the hardest obstacle — “constant dripping wears away the stone,” “little strokes fell great oaks.”

  Vocabulary

  • kropla — drop
  • drążyć — to bore, to hollow out, to wear away
  • kamień — stone

  Grammar note

  'Drąży' is third person singular present of 'drążyć'. 'Kamień' is accusative — direct object.

  Cultural context

  From the Latin 'gutta cavat lapidem' (Ovid) — a proverb shared across European cultures emphasising patience and persistence.

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