Skleroza nie choroba, tylko nogi bolą
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What it means
“Forgetfulness isn’t an illness — it’s just that your legs ache.” A comic variant on the same theme: forgetting things isn’t a disease, but the constant walking to find them 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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