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  What it means

  Two roosters on one dunghill is one too many. Two dominant personalities or rivals cannot comfortably share the same space or position of authority.

  Vocabulary

  • kogut — rooster, cock
  • miejsce — place, space
  • gnój — dunghill, manure heap

  Grammar note

  'Za mało' + genitive: 'too little of'. 'Na jednym gnoju' — locative, 'on one dunghill'.

  Cultural context

  A barnyard image for rivalry and the incompatibility of two strong-willed people in the same domain.

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