Wstrzymaj swoje konie, młody człowieku.

Sentence Discussions Polish
#1
  • wstrzymać ‑am ‑asz pf, impf wstrzymywać ‑muję ‑jesz = hold up, delay.
  • ~ się od+G = to hold o.s. back from, abstain from
#2
  • Wstrzymaj swoje konie = hold your horses (idiom)
  • Does anyone know if ‘‘Wstrzymaj swoje konie’’ is an actual Polish idiom, or just an English one that has been translated to Polish for this sentence? Thanks
#3

“Wstrzymaj swoje konie” definitely isn’t a Polish idiom – this mistranslation can only be interpreted literally in Polish.

I’m not sure if there’s a good equivalent of that idiom in Polish. You could probably translate it into something like “chwileczkę” (“wait a minute”) or “spokojnie” (~ “relax”).

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#4

Thanks, I’ll report this next time, ‘‘hold your horses’’ is certainly an idiom in English and if not so in Polish, they don’t mean the same thing.