być sto lat za Murzynami

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Etymology edit

Literally, to be a hundred years behind [the] Negroes. Compare Czech být sto let za opicemi, Slovak byť sto rokov za opicami.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɨt͡ɕ stɔ lad za mu.ʐɨˈna.mi/
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  • Rhymes: -ami

Verb edit

być sto lat za Murzynami impf

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, possibly offensive) to be very backward in some area

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