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  What it means

  “Bread is no use when you have no teeth.” Having something valuable is pointless if you lack the means or ability to make use of it.

  English equivalent

  What good is a feast to a man with no teeth?

  Vocabulary

  • chleb — bread
  • brak — lack, absence
  • ząb — tooth

  Grammar note

  'Po chlebie' uses the locative of 'chleb' after 'po'. 'Brak zębów' — 'zębów' is the genitive plural of 'ząb', used after 'brak'.

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