spalić na panewce
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “to burn on [the] flash pan”, from the fact that in old firearm designs, gunpowder would sometimes combust on the flash pan, causing the bullet not to be released.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (intransitive, idiomatic, literary) to die on the vine, to fizzle, to fizzle out, to go off half-cocked, to go up in flames, to go up in smoke
- Synonym: wziąć w łeb
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of spalić na panewce: see spalić.
Further reading[edit]
- coś spaliło na panewce in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- spalić na panewce in Polish dictionaries at PWN