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  What it means

  “The devil won’t take the wicked.” A variant of the same ironic saying — a troublesome or wicked person seems to be indestructible and outlasts everyone else.

  English equivalent

  The devil looks after his own.

  Vocabulary

  • zły — bad, wicked, evil
  • diabeł — devil
  • wziąć — to take

  Grammar note

  'Złego' is the genitive singular of 'zły', used as the object of 'wziąć'. 'Wezmą' is the third-person plural future of 'wziąć'.

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