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  What it means

  Literally “on one’s own skin.” Means experiencing something personally and directly, often painfully — “on one’s own skin,” “firsthand,” “the hard way.” E.g. “przekonać się na własnej skórze” — to find out the hard way.

  Vocabulary

  • własny — own
  • skóra — skin, hide

  Grammar note

  'Na własnej skórze' uses the locative of 'własna skóra' after 'na' — circumstance.

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