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  What it means

  Literally “on missed-hit.” Means at random, haphazardly, without aim — “hit or miss,” “at random,” “taking a shot in the dark.”

  Vocabulary

  • chybić — to miss (a target)
  • trafić — to hit (a target)

  Grammar note

  Two past perfective forms used as a fixed adverbial phrase — 'missed or hit', implying pure chance.

  Cultural context

  A shooting metaphor — firing without aiming, sometimes missing, sometimes hitting. Captures the randomness of guesswork perfectly.

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