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  What it means

  Sometimes February is sharply forged (bitterly cold), sometimes in February there is only slush — February weather is unpredictable, ranging from harsh frost to mild thaw.

  Vocabulary

  • luty — February; also: fierce, cruel (archaic adjective)
  • ostro kuty — sharply forged, bitterly cold (figurative)
  • pluty — slush, wet snow, foul weather

  Grammar note

  Wordplay: 'luty' is both the month name and an archaic adjective meaning fierce. 'Kuty' (forged) rhymes with 'pluty' (slush).

  Cultural context

  A folk weather proverb about the unpredictability of February in Poland.

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