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  What it means

  Literally “to fit like a fist to a nose.” Used ironically to mean that two things do not fit together at all. “To match like chalk and cheese.”

  Vocabulary

  • pięść — fist
  • nos — nose

  Grammar note

  Comparative 'jak' + nominative; 'do' + genitive ('nosa').

  Cultural context

  A very Polish way to describe a total lack of harmony or mismatch.

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