Do stu piorunów
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What it means
“A hundred thunderbolts!” A colourful expletive expressing strong frustration or anger — one of the more vivid Polish curses that avoids outright profanity.
Vocabulary
- sto — hundred
- piorun — thunderbolt, lightning
Grammar note
'Do stu piorunów' uses the genitive plural of 'piorun' after 'do stu'. A fixed exclamatory phrase.
Cultural context
One of several 'do stu...' expletives in Polish. Invoking lightning and thunder gives it a dramatic, old-fashioned flavour.
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