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    What it means

    Literally “there is no [dick] in the village.” A very vulgar, emphatic way to say “there’s no way,” “it’s impossible to stop,” or “there’s no force that can change this.”

    Vocabulary

    • wieś — village

    Grammar note

    Contains a vulgarity. 'We wsi' is the locative of 'wieś'.

    Cultural context

    Extremely common in informal, rough speech to emphasize absolute certainty or impossibility.

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