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  What it means

  “Tall as a poplar, but stupid as a bean.” Another rhyming variant mocking tall but dim people. ‘Fasola’ (bean) is used purely for the rhyme with ’topola’.

  Vocabulary

  • topola — poplar tree
  • fasola — bean
  • wysoki — tall
  • głupi — stupid

  Grammar note

  Same comparative structure as the birch/goat variant. The rhyme 'topola/fasola' drives the humour.

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