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  What it means

  Literally “the old woman had no trouble, so she bought herself a piglet.” Used when someone unnecessarily complicates their life by taking on a new, avoidable burden.

  Vocabulary

  • baba — woman (often pejorative/folk)
  • prosię — piglet

  Grammar note

  The second part ('kupiła sobie prosię') is often omitted as the first part is famous enough.

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