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  What it means

  Literally “to drag on like a stench through underpants.” Describes something that goes on and on interminably — a meeting, story, or process that never seems to end.

  Vocabulary

  • ciągnąć się — to drag on / to stretch
  • smród — stench / stink
  • gacie — underpants (colloquial, plural)

  Grammar note

  'Po gaciach' uses the locative plural of 'gacie' after 'po.' A deliberately crude simile for comic effect.

  Cultural context

  Very colloquial and humorous. The vulgarity is part of the joke — the comparison is as unpleasant as the thing being described.

  Intermediate

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