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  What it means

  “Crooked work doesn’t pay.” Dishonest or shoddy work brings no real reward. Cutting corners or acting unethically is ultimately unprofitable.

  English equivalent

  Cheating never pays.

  Vocabulary

  • krzywy — crooked, dishonest, skewed
  • praca — work
  • opłacać się — to pay off, to be worth it

  Grammar note

  'Nie opłaca' — negated third-person singular present. 'Krzywa praca' is a nominative subject phrase.

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