• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “to not smell of a grosz (penny).” Means to be completely broke or have very little money.

  Vocabulary

  • śmierdzieć — to stink/smell
  • grosz — grosz (1/100 of a złoty)

  Grammar note

  The instrumental case 'groszem' is used with 'śmierdzieć'.

  Intermediate

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