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  What it means

  “The woman off the cart, the horses feel lighter.” When a troublesome or burdensome person leaves, everyone else is relieved. One of the most well-known Polish proverbs.

  English equivalent

  Good riddance.

  Vocabulary

  • baba — woman (folk/colloquial)
  • wóz — cart, wagon
  • koń — horse; koniom = dative plural (to/for the horses)
  • lżej — lighter, easier (comparative of lekko)

  Grammar note

  'Koniom' is the dative plural of 'koń'. 'Lżej' is a comparative adverb from 'lekko' (lightly/easily). The subject 'baba z wozu' is a nominative absolute — the cart and the lightness are linked without an explicit verb.

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