spalić na panewce
Polish
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to burn on [the] flash pan”, from the fact that in old firearm designs, gunpowder would sometimes combust on the flash pan, causing the bullet not to be released.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- (intransitive, idiomatic, literary) to die on the vine, to fizzle, to fizzle out, to go off half-cocked, to go up in flames, to go up in smoke
- Synonym: wziąć w łeb
Conjugation
editConjugation of spalić na panewce: see spalić.
Further reading
edit- coś spaliło na panewce in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- spalić na panewce in Polish dictionaries at PWN