Gość i ryba trzeciego dnia cuchnie.
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What it means
“A guest and a fish stink on the third day.” This version makes the same point: a visit can last too long, even when the guest was welcome at first.
English equivalent
Fish and visitors smell after three days.
Vocabulary
- gość — guest
- ryba — fish
- cuchnąć — to stink
- trzeci — third
Grammar note
'Trzeciego dnia' is the genitive of time ('on the third day'), a common construction for expressing when something happens.
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