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  What it means

  If you don’t have what you say (i.e. can’t back up your words), you end up in bed with whoever you’re playing with. A sardonic proverb about the consequences of empty boasting or broken promises.

  Vocabulary

  • mówić — to say, to speak
  • leżeć — to lie (down)
  • grać — to play

  Grammar note

  The proverb uses the impersonal ''się'' construction throughout. ''Z kim się gra'' takes the instrumental after ''z''.

  Cultural context

  A somewhat ribald folk saying warning that words without substance have real consequences.

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