murzyn zrobił swoje, murzyn może odejść

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Literally, “[the] Negro has done his job, [the] Negro can go”. Calque of German der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen. From Friedrich Schiller's play Fiesco (1782).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.ʐɨn ˈzrɔ.biw sfɔjɛˌ ˈmu.ʐɨn ˈmɔ.ʐɛ ˈɔ.dɛjɕt͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔdɛjɕt͡ɕ

Proverb

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murzyn zrobił swoje, murzyn może odejść

  1. (idiomatic, possibly offensive) used to describe a situation where someone has been used to do something and then dismissed or abandoned

Further reading

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