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  What it means

  “Having gotten among crows, one must caw just like them.” A variant of the same proverb with ‘pomiędzy’ and the emphatic ‘jak i’. Same meaning: adapt to the group you join.

  English equivalent

  When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

  Vocabulary

  • wlazłszy — having climbed/gotten into (archaic perfective participle)
  • pomiędzy — among, between (variant of między)
  • wrona — crow
  • krakać — to caw
  • jak i — just like, the same as

  Grammar note

  'Pomiędzy' is an emphatic variant of 'między'. The addition of 'i' before 'one' adds emphasis: 'just like them too'.

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