Skleroza nie choroba, tylko nogi bolą
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What it means
“Forgetfulness is not an illness, it is just that your legs ache.” It jokes that memory slips are harmless, but all the walking needed to find things makes your legs hurt.
Vocabulary
- skleroza — forgetfulness (colloquial)
- choroba — illness, disease
- nogi — legs
- boleć — to hurt, to ache
Grammar note
'Bolą' is the third-person plural present of 'boleć', agreeing with 'nogi' (plural). 'Tylko' here means 'it's just that'.
Cultural context
A humorous folk saying, often shared among older Poles with self-deprecating humour about memory.
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