Brać z sufitu
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What it means
Literally “to take from the ceiling.” Means to make up numbers, facts, or information out of thin air — to invent something with no basis in reality.
Vocabulary
- brać — to take
- sufit — ceiling
Grammar note
'Z sufitu' uses the genitive of 'sufit' after 'z' (from).
Cultural context
The equivalent of the English 'pulling numbers out of thin air.' Very common when challenging dubious statistics.
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