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  What it means

  Work fattens, poverty teaches. Prosperity from work nourishes the body, while hardship and poverty teach valuable lessons about life.

  English equivalent

  Adversity is a good teacher.

  Vocabulary

  • tuczyć — to fatten, to nourish
  • bieda — poverty, hardship
  • uczyć — to teach

  Grammar note

  A two-part rhyming proverb with parallel structure: subject + verb, subject + verb. The rhyme 'tuczy / uczy' makes it memorable.

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