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  What it means

  Literally “to have on a fork.” Means to have someone in your power, to have them cornered — like a piece of food impaled on a fork, they can’t escape.

  Vocabulary

  • mieć — to have
  • widelec — fork

  Grammar note

  'Na widelcu' uses the locative of 'widelec' after 'na'.

  Cultural context

  A vivid culinary metaphor. Used in business, politics, and personal relationships for having leverage over someone.

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