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  What it means

  Literally “a flower on a sheepskin coat.” Describes something completely out of place, an absurd mismatch — “a square peg in a round hole,” “completely out of place.”

  Vocabulary

  • kwiatek — little flower (diminutive of kwiat)
  • kożuch — sheepskin coat, fur coat

  Grammar note

  'Do kożucha' uses the genitive of 'kożuch' after 'do' — a flower belonging to/on a sheepskin coat.

  Cultural context

  A delicate flower pinned to a rough sheepskin coat — the image of incongruity is vivid and very Polish in its use of folk clothing.

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