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Polish
Etymology
Literally, “to promise gold mines”, with a fossilized meaning of góra;[1][2] however, now more likely to be understood as “to promise golden mountains”.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.bjɛˈt͡sɘ.vad͡ʑ ˈzwɔ.tɛ ˈɡu.rɘ/
- Rhymes: -urɘ
Verb
obiecywać złote góry impf (perfective obiecać złote góry)
- (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) to promise the moon (to promise something impossible; to make a promise which one does not intend to fulfill; to make wildly exaggerated, unrealistic promises)
- Synonym: obiecywać gruszki na wierzbie
2013, Jacek Babiel, Jak wygrać wybory?:Mówienie o tym, co zyskają wyborcy, może być złudne i zwłaszcza w czasie kampanii wyborczej kojarzy się z obiecywaniem złotych gór i tzw. kiełbasą wyborczą.- Talking about what the electorate can gain can be misleading, and especially during campaign season, it's associated with promising the moon and the so-called electoral sausage.
Conjugation
Conjugation of obiecywać złote góry: see obiecywać.
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “góra”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “obiecywać złote góry”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 887
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “obiecywać złote góry”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
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