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  What it means

  “Playing spades gives results.” A rhyming companion to the hearts proverb, humorously suggesting that playing spades is productive or leads to outcomes. Often used ironically.

  Vocabulary

  • piki — spades (card suit)
  • dawać — to give
  • wyniki — results, outcomes

  Grammar note

  'Gra w piki' — same construction as 'gra w kiery'. 'Daje wyniki' — 'daje' is third-person singular of 'dawać'.

  Cultural context

  Part of a set of rhyming card-game proverbs in Polish folk humour.

  Intermediate

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