Prawdziwych przyjaciół poznaje się w biedzie
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What it means
“True friends are known in hardship.” You only discover who your real friends are when times are tough. Fair-weather friends disappear when things go wrong.
English equivalent
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Vocabulary
- prawdziwy — true, genuine
- przyjaciel — friend
- poznać — to get to know, to recognise
- bieda — poverty, hardship, trouble
Grammar note
'Prawdziwych przyjaciół' is the genitive plural, used as the object of 'poznaje się'. 'W biedzie' is the locative of 'bieda'.
Intermediate
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