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  What it means

  Used to say that today is a bad day for something — nothing is going right. A humorous complaint about bad luck or poor results.

  Vocabulary

  • brać — to take; (of fish) to bite
  • tylko — only

  Grammar note

  'Nie biorą' — third-person plural present of 'brać'. The phrase plays on the fishing sense of 'brać' (fish biting the hook).

  Cultural context

  A wry saying implying that on a bad day, even fish won't cooperate. Often used self-deprecatingly.

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