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  What it means

  Literally “to have a snake in one’s pocket.” Describes someone who is very tight-fisted or stingy — so reluctant to reach into their pocket that it’s as if a snake is guarding it.

  Vocabulary

  • wąż — snake
  • kieszeń — pocket

  Grammar note

  'Węża' is the genitive of 'wąż' — used as the object of 'mieć' in an idiomatic genitive construction. 'W kieszeni' is locative of 'kieszeń' after 'w.'

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