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  What it means

  Literally “peas with cabbage.” Describes a chaotic, incoherent mix of things that don’t belong together — a jumble, a mess, or a confused hodgepodge of ideas, people, or objects.

  Vocabulary

  • groch — peas
  • kapusta — cabbage

  Grammar note

  'Z kapustą' uses the instrumental after 'z' (with). The phrase is typically used predicatively: 'to jest groch z kapustą' or 'zrobić groch z kapustą'.

  Cultural context

  Both peas and cabbage are staples of Polish cuisine — but mixed together randomly they make a mess, not a dish.

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