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  What it means

  “At a widow’s, bread is ready, but unhealthy.” A shorter variant of the same warning: easy comfort comes with a price. What looks convenient may bring its own troubles.

  English equivalent

  Easy come, easy go.

  Vocabulary

  • wdowa — widow
  • chleb — bread
  • gotowy — ready
  • niezdrowy — unhealthy

  Grammar note

  'Niezdrowy' is the negative form of 'zdrowy', formed with the prefix 'nie-', agreeing with 'chleb' (masculine).

  Cultural context

  A compressed version of the longer proverb; both circulate in Polish folk tradition.

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