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  What it means

  Literally “those who like each other quarrel with each other.” Means that people who are close often bicker and argue — teasing and squabbling is a sign of affection. “Bickering is a sign of love.”

  Vocabulary

  • lubić się — to like each other
  • czubić się — to quarrel, to squabble, to peck at each other

  Grammar note

  'Kto … ten' correlative construction. Both verbs are reflexive — 'się lubi' and 'się czubi'.

  Cultural context

  A folk observation about the paradox of close relationships — the people you love most are the ones you argue with most freely.

  Intermediate

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