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  What it means

  Literally “to explain like to a cow on a ditch.” To explain something in an extremely simple, repetitive, or blunt way because the other person is being slow to understand.

  Vocabulary

  • krowa — cow
  • rów — ditch

  Grammar note

  Dative 'krowie' + locative 'rowie'.

  Cultural context

  The rhyme (krowie/rowie) makes it very catchy and common.

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