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  What it means

  Literally “to lie like a dog.” Means to lie shamelessly and constantly — “to lie through one’s teeth,” “to lie like a rug.”

  Vocabulary

  • łgać — to lie, to fib (slightly archaic/emphatic form of kłamać)
  • pies — dog

  Grammar note

  'Jak pies' — nominative after 'jak' in a comparison. 'Łgać' is a more emphatic, slightly archaic synonym of 'kłamać'.

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