Głupi jak but
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What it means
Literally “stupid as a shoe.” A blunt, colloquial way of calling someone very stupid. One of the most common Polish insult similes.
Vocabulary
- głupi — stupid, dumb
- but — shoe
Grammar note
'Jak' introduces the comparison. 'But' is nominative in the comparison clause.
Cultural context
Shoes are inanimate and mindless — the comparison is deliberately absurd and dismissive.
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