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  What it means

  “You should wash your own dirty laundry at home.” Don’t air your private problems or family conflicts in public — keep personal matters within the household.

  English equivalent

  Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

  Vocabulary

  • brud — dirt, filth (plural: brudy — dirty laundry, dirty affairs)
  • prać — to wash (laundry)
  • dom — home, house

  Grammar note

  'Trzeba' is an impersonal construction meaning 'one must / it is necessary to'. 'Prać' is the infinitive. 'W domu' is the locative of 'dom'.

  Cultural context

  A universal sentiment about privacy and discretion, widely used in Polish family and social contexts.

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