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  What it means

  Literally “head over neck.” Means headlong, at breakneck speed, in a mad rush — “headlong,” “at breakneck speed,” “helter-skelter.”

  Vocabulary

  • łeb — head (colloquial)
  • szyja — neck

  Grammar note

  'Na łeb, na szyję' — both accusatives after 'na'. The image of tumbling head-first, neck following.

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