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  What it means

  Literally “to promise pears on a willow tree.” Means to make impossible or unrealistic promises. “To promise the moon.”

  Vocabulary

  • gruszka — pear
  • wierzba — willow

  Grammar note

  'Na wierzbie' is the locative case.

  Cultural context

  Pears don't grow on willows, making the metaphor for a lie very clear to any Pole.

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