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  What it means

  “Whoever sows wind reaps a storm.” A variant word order of the same proverb. Reckless actions bring severe consequences.

  English equivalent

  Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

  Vocabulary

  • siać — to sow
  • wiatr — wind
  • zbierać — to reap, to gather
  • burza — storm

  Grammar note

  Variant of 'Kto sieje wiatr, ten zbiera burzę' — here 'ten' is dropped and word order shifts, but meaning is identical.

  Cultural context

  Both word-order variants are in common use; this shorter form appears frequently in modern Polish.

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