musi to na Rusi, a w Polsce jak kto chce
Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLiterally, “Must – that's in Ruthenia/Rus, and in Poland, it's [one does] as one wants”. Kto chce stressed on the first syllable, keeping the meter of a w Polsce.
Pronunciation
editProverb
editmusi to na Rusi, a w Polsce jak kto chce
- (idiomatic, colloquial) you can't force one to do what you want, one will do as one pleases (snapped in response to a sentence containing musieć)
Further reading
edit- musi to na Rusi, a w Polsce jak kto chce in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- musi to na Rusi, a w Polsce jak kto chce in Polish dictionaries at PWN