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  What it means

  Literally “to have eaten all the brains/intelligences.” To be a know-it-all or to act as if one is much smarter than everyone else.

  Vocabulary

  • rozum — reason / mind / intelligence

  Grammar note

  Perfective 'pozjadać' implies eating them all up.

  Cultural context

  Usually used in the negative or as a criticism: 'Nie pozjadałeś wszystkich rozumów!'

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