• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “not to let anyone blow into one’s porridge.” Means to not let oneself be bullied, manipulated, or pushed around. “To stand one’s ground.”

  Vocabulary

  • kasza — buckwheat/porridge/kasha
  • dmuchać — to blow

  Grammar note

  The phrase uses the dative 'sobie' (to oneself).

  Cultural context

  A very old, classic Polish idiom about maintaining dignity and independence.

  Intermediate

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