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    What it means

    Literally “and a guitar.” Used to express that everything is going great, something turned out perfectly, or a situation is totally awesome. Can stand alone as a reaction: things worked out — “and a guitar!”

    Vocabulary

    • i — and
    • gitara — guitar

    Grammar note

    A minimal exclamatory phrase. No verb needed — the conjunction 'i' adds a sense of completeness, as if to say 'and that's the cherry on top.'

    Cultural context

    A quirky piece of Polish slang where the guitar symbolizes something cool or satisfying. Paired idiomatically with 'nie zawracaj mi gitary,' guitars clearly have special energy in Polish colloquial speech.

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