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  What it means

  “There’s half the world of that flower.” Said of something — or someone — that is extremely common and plentiful. Often used with mild irony about people who think themselves special but are actually very ordinary.

  English equivalent

  There are plenty more fish in the sea.

  Vocabulary

  • kwiat — flower
  • pół — half
  • świat — world

  Grammar note

  'Tego kwiatu' is the genitive of 'ten kwiat'. 'Pół świata' uses the genitive of 'świat' after 'pół'.

  Cultural context

  The 'flower' metaphor is playfully ironic — flowers are beautiful but also ubiquitous in a meadow.

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