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  What it means

  “Fear has big eyes.” When we are afraid, we exaggerate the danger — things seem far worse than they really are.

  English equivalent

  Fear has big eyes. / Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.

  Vocabulary

  • strach — fear
  • wielki — big, great
  • oczy — eyes

  Grammar note

  'Wielkie oczy' is the accusative plural of 'wielkie oko'. 'Ma' is the third-person singular of 'mieć' (to have).

  Cultural context

  A very common Polish saying used to reassure someone who has worked themselves up over an imagined threat.

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