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  What it means

  Literally “stolen things don’t fatten you.” Means ill-gotten gains don’t bring real benefit — what you steal or obtain dishonestly won’t truly nourish or enrich you. “Crime doesn’t pay.”

  Vocabulary

  • kradzione — stolen (neuter past passive participle)
  • tuczyć — to fatten, to nourish

  Grammar note

  'Kradzione' is a nominalised participle — 'stolen things'. 'Nie tuczy' — negated third person singular present of 'tuczyć'.

  Cultural context

  A folk proverb rooted in agricultural life — stolen grain or livestock won't make your animals fat, implying a moral or practical curse on theft.

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