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  What it means

  Literally “in the hot act.” Means caught in the act, red-handed — “caught red-handed,” “in flagrante delicto.”

  Vocabulary

  • gorący — hot, burning
  • uczynek — act, deed

  Grammar note

  'Na gorącym uczynku' uses the locative of 'gorący uczynek' after 'na' — circumstance.

  Cultural context

  The 'hot act' — the deed still warm, just committed. A vivid image of being caught at the very moment of wrongdoing.

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