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  What it means

  A good wife prides herself on cooking what her husband likes. A traditional proverb linking a wife’s virtue to her culinary attentiveness to her husband’s tastes.

  Vocabulary

  • chlubić się — to pride oneself, to boast
  • gotować — to cook

  Grammar note

  'Tym się chlubi' — instrumental 'tym' (with this/by this) + reflexive 'chlubić się'. 'Że gotuje' — subordinate clause introduced by 'że' (that).

  Cultural context

  Reflects traditional gender roles in Polish domestic life. Often cited today with irony.

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