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  What it means

  Literally “don’t turn my guitar around.” Means stop bothering me, leave me alone, or don’t waste my time with trivial things.

  Vocabulary

  • zawracać — to turn around / to reverse
  • gitara — guitar

  Grammar note

  Imperative negation: 'nie zawracaj.' 'Mi gitary' — 'mi' is the dative (to me); 'gitary' is the genitive of 'gitara' after the negated verb.

  Cultural context

  The guitar imagery is delightfully random, which is part of the idiom's appeal. Completely opaque from its literal meaning.

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