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  What it means

  Literally “to chase sleep from eyelids.” Means to worry someone greatly, to keep them awake at night, to be a source of serious concern. Used of problems, people, or situations that cause someone great anxiety.

  Vocabulary

  • spędzać — to chase away, to drive away (imperfective)
  • sen — sleep
  • powieki — eyelids

  Grammar note

  The construction uses 'spędzać/spędzić' + accusative 'sen' + genitive 'z powiek'. Can be perfective: 'spędzić sen z powiek'. Subject is the thing causing worry, object is the person: 'to spędza mi sen z powiek' = 'it keeps me up at night'.

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