być solą w oku

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to be [the] salt in [one's] eye.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɨt͡ɕ ˈsɔ.lɔw̃ ˈvɔ.ku/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔku

Verb[edit]

być solą w oku impf

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be a thorn in someone's side [+ dla (genitive)], [+dative], [+genitive = forw whom/whose side]
    Synonym: drażnić

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