dawać kosza
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to give [a] basket”. Compare Czech dávat košem, Danish give en kurv, German einen Korb geben, Swedish ge korgen, Ukrainian дава́ти відкоша́ (daváty vidkošá).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dawać kosza impf (perfective dać kosza)
- (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) to jilt, to snub, to turn down (to decline someone's advances)
- Coordinate term: dostawać kosza
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of dawać kosza: see dawać.
Further reading edit
- dawać kosza in Polish dictionaries at PWN