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  What it means

  Literally “to talk a baby into someone’s belly,” this colorful hyperbolic idiom means to be so persuasive — or so manipulative — that you could convince someone of something completely impossible or absurd. It is used to describe extraordinary powers of persuasion, or to criticize someone for being a master manipulator who can make people believe anything.

  Vocabulary

  • wmówić — to talk into believing, to convince through speech (perfective)
  • dziecko — child, baby
  • brzuch — belly, stomach, womb

  Grammar note

  The verb 'wmówić' (to talk into) follows the pattern 'wmówić komuś coś' (to talk someone into believing something). Here 'dziecko w brzuch' is the hyperbolic object — the impossible thing being talked into existence.

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