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  What it means

  Someone was making plans for the future while being completely unaware of the danger right in front of them. Plans are pointless if you ignore present threats.

  English equivalent

  Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

  Vocabulary

  • indyk — turkey
  • niedziela — Sunday
  • łeb — head (colloquial)
  • ściąć — to cut off, to behead

  Grammar note

  'Mu' is the dative of 'on' (him). 'Ścięto' is an impersonal past passive form.

  Cultural context

  Sunday was traditionally a feast day — the turkey was dreaming of Sunday while being slaughtered on Saturday. A darkly humorous proverb.

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