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  What it means

  “Even Solomon cannot pour from an empty vessel.” A common variant of the same proverb using ‘pusty’ (empty) instead of ‘próżny’. No wisdom or effort can conjure something from nothing.

  English equivalent

  You can't get blood from a stone.

  Vocabulary

  • pusty — empty
  • Salomon — Solomon (biblical king renowned for wisdom)
  • nalać — to pour

  Grammar note

  'Z pustego' uses the genitive of 'pusty' after 'z'.

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