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  What it means

  “In March it’s like in a pot.” March weather is unpredictable and changeable — like the bubbling, shifting contents of a cooking pot. Sun, rain, snow, and wind can all appear in a single day.

  English equivalent

  March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

  Vocabulary

  • marzec — March
  • garnek — pot, cooking pot

  Grammar note

  'W marcu' and 'w garncu' both use the locative case after 'w'. 'Garniec/garnek' is an old word for a clay cooking pot.

  Cultural context

  One of the most widely known Polish weather proverbs, still used in everyday speech to describe unpredictable spring weather.

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