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  What it means

  Literally “on the bubble/balloon.” Colloquial for being drunk — “tipsy,” “on the sauce,” “a bit gone.”

  Vocabulary

  • bańka — bubble, balloon; large round container

  Grammar note

  'Na bańce' uses the locative of 'bańka' after 'na' — state/condition.

  Cultural context

  One of many colourful Polish colloquialisms for being drunk — the bubble image suggests a light, floaty, unsteady state.

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