• Listen

  What it means

  What March bakes, April will cut down — good weather in March may be undone by April frosts.

  English equivalent

  Ne'er cast a clout till May is out.

  Vocabulary

  • marzec — March
  • wypiec — to bake out, to bring out with heat
  • kwiecień — April
  • wysiec — to cut down, to destroy

  Grammar note

  Both verbs are perfective future. 'Co … to …' correlative structure.

  Cultural context

  A weather proverb warning farmers not to trust early spring warmth.

  Intermediate

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