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  What it means

  Literally “on the sheet metal / on the plate.” Colloquial for doing something for free, on the house, or getting away with something without paying — “for free,” “on the house,” “scot-free.”

  Vocabulary

  • blacha — sheet metal, tin plate

  Grammar note

  'Na blachę' uses the accusative of 'blacha' after 'na'.

  Cultural context

  The exact origin is debated — possibly from the metal plate used as a token or pass. Now widely used in colloquial Polish for getting something for nothing.

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