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  What it means

  After work, it doesn’t hurt to enjoy yourself. A gentle endorsement of leisure and celebration after honest labour — all work and no play is not the Polish way either.

  English equivalent

  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

  Vocabulary

  • wadzić — to harm, to hurt (archaic: 'nie wadzi' = it doesn't hurt)
  • ucieszyć się — to enjoy oneself, to rejoice

  Grammar note

  'Nie wadzi się' — impersonal construction. 'Ucieszyć się' is the infinitive as the subject of the impersonal verb.

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