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  What it means

  “The apple won’t fly far from the apple tree.” A future-tense variant of the classic proverb. Children resemble their parents.

  English equivalent

  The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

  Vocabulary

  • odlecieć — to fly away, to depart by flying
  • jabłko — apple
  • jabłoń — apple tree

  Grammar note

  'Odleci' is the future perfective of 'odlecieć'. 'Od jabłonie' uses an older genitive form of 'jabłoń'.

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