Czwarty pas, karty w tas
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What it means
Fourth pass, cards in the pile — said when the fourth player passes in a card game, ending the round; more broadly, when something is definitively over.
Vocabulary
- czwarty — fourth
- pas — pass (in cards)
- karty — cards
- tas — pile, stack (of cards)
Grammar note
Elliptical rhyming phrase; 'pas' and 'tas' form the rhyme.
Cultural context
Originates from card-playing culture; used colloquially to signal that something is finished.
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