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  What it means

  Literally “a Job’s message.” Devastating news — tidings of disaster, loss, or catastrophe. From the biblical story of Job, who received one terrible piece of news after another.

  Vocabulary

  • hiobowa — of Job, Job-like (feminine adjective)
  • wiadomość — news, message

  Grammar note

  'Hiobowa' is a feminine nominative adjective agreeing with 'wiadomość', derived from the name 'Hiob' (Job).

  Cultural context

  The Book of Job is well known in Polish Catholic culture. 'Hiobowa wiadomość' is a standard journalistic and everyday phrase for catastrophic news.

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