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  What it means

  Literally “write it out, paint it out.” This phrase is used to describe an uncanny resemblance or an exact replica. If someone is the “wypisz, wymaluj” of their father, they look exactly like him in every detail.

  Vocabulary

  • pisać — to write
  • malować — to paint
  • podobny — similar

  Grammar note

  This idiom consists of two perfective imperatives ('wypisz' and 'wymaluj'). It functions as an adverbial phrase describing a state of identity.

  Cultural context

  It implies that if you were to write down a description or paint a portrait of the two subjects, they would be indistinguishable.

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