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  What it means

  Literally “a gold mine.” It is used figuratively to describe a source of great wealth, profit, or information. If a business is a “kopalnia złota,” it is making a lot of money; if a person is a “kopalnia wiedzy” (a mine of knowledge), they are an expert in many things.

  Vocabulary

  • kopalnia — mine
  • złoto — gold
  • wydobywać — to extract / mine

  Grammar note

  'Złota' is the genitive form of 'złoto.' Like 'mandat zaufania,' this uses the genitive to describe what kind of mine it is or what it contains.

  Cultural context

  Poland has a long history of mining (especially coal and salt), so mining metaphors are quite common and well-understood in the language.

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