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  What it means

  “Sometimes on the cart, sometimes under the cart.” Life has its ups and downs. Fortune is changeable — today you may be on top, tomorrow at the bottom.

  English equivalent

  What goes up must come down." / "Life has its ups and downs.

  Vocabulary

  • wóz — cart, wagon
  • raz — once, sometimes
  • na — on (+ locative)
  • pod — under (+ instrumental)

  Grammar note

  'Na wozie' is the locative of 'wóz' (on the cart). 'Pod wozem' is the instrumental of 'wóz' (under the cart). The contrast of the two cases mirrors the contrast of fortune.

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