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  What it means

  Literally “a spoon of tar in a barrel of honey.” Means a small flaw that ruins something otherwise very good.

  Vocabulary

  • beczka — barrel
  • miód — honey

  Grammar note

  'W beczce miodu' — locative + genitive construction.

  Cultural context

  A very common Polish proverb.

  Intermediate

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