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  What it means

  Literally “not for any treasures,” this idiom means “not for anything in the world” or “absolutely not.” It is an emphatic refusal used to stress that nothing — no reward, no persuasion — could convince someone to do something. It appears in negative sentences and functions much like “not for all the tea in China” in English.

  Vocabulary

  • za — for, in exchange for (preposition)
  • żadne — no, none, not any (adjective)
  • skarby — treasures (accusative plural of 'skarb')

  Grammar note

  The phrase requires a negated verb: 'Nie zrobię tego za żadne skarby' (I won't do this for any treasure). The preposition 'za' here expresses exchange or price.

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