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  What it means

  Literally “the crafty one loses twice.” Means that trying to be too clever or cut corners backfires — you end up worse off than if you’d been straightforward.

  Vocabulary

  • chytry — crafty / cunning / stingy
  • tracić — to lose

  Grammar note

  'Dwa razy' is an accusative time expression (twice). 'Traci' is third person singular present.

  Cultural context

  A classic Polish proverb warning against penny-pinching and over-cleverness.

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