diabli wzięli
Polish edit
Etymology edit
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Etymology edit
Phrase edit
diabli wzięli (imperfective diabli biorą)
- (colloquial, idiomatic) something is gone
- (colloquial, idiomatic) someone got upset and outraged by the given state of affairs
- Synonym: cholera wzięła
Phrase edit
- (colloquial, idiomatic) someone is lost and it is not known what is happening to them
- (colloquial, idiomatic) someone died a sudden death
- Synonyms: chuj strzelił, szlag trafił
Further reading edit
- diabli wzięli coś in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- diabli wzięli kogoś in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- diabli wzięli in Polish dictionaries at PWN