zadrzeć kitę

English translation: to hightail it

11:02 Jan 29, 2020

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Polish term or phrase: zadrzeć kitę

Hi,

A funny saying from a gentleman " Kobita zadarła kitę i pojechała do Polski":)

Any ideas?

Izabela Gonera KudoZ activity Questions: 80 (10 open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 8 United Kingdom
Local time: 15:00

English translation:to hightail it

Explanation:
she hightailed it to Poland ...

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Note added at 20 mins (2020-01-29 11:22:48 GMT)
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„zadrzeć kitę” to tyle samo co „(podnięść ogon do góry) i dać nogę” ....

Selected response from:

geopiet

Grading comment

super, dzieki:) to zadzieram kite i ide:)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

to hightail it

geopiet

to throw a fit

Kamila Ołtarzewska

pull up stakes [US] / up sticks [GB] / pack up (one's things/stuff)

mike23

skedaddle/take to her heels /turn tail

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

Discussion entries: 7

Answers

11 mins confidence:

to throw a fit

Explanation:
to go off and sulk, to do a moody

Kamila Ołtarzewska
Poland
Local time: 16:00
Native speaker of: Polish

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to hightail it

geopiet
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 93

Grading comment

super, dzieki:) to zadzieram kite i ide:)

Notes to answerer

Asker: Tak wlasnie, dokladnie to mial na mysli Pan:) kobita dała nogę:)

1 hr confidence:

pull up stakes [US] / up sticks [GB] / pack up (one's things/stuff)

Explanation:
Rozumiem, że zwinęła manatki i wyjechała

pull up stakes [US] / up sticks [GB] / pack up (one's things/stuff) /

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pull up stakes
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pack up
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pack-up
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up sticks

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-01-29 13:28:54 GMT)
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up ˈsticks (and go, etc.) (British English, informal) leave your home in order to move to another one:
Things weren’t working out for them here, so they upped sticks and went to Chicago.

pull up stakes 2. Fig. to end one's ties to a particular place; to get ready to move away from a place where one has lived or worked for a long time. Even after all these years, pulling up stakes is easier than you think. It's time to pull up stakes and move on.

If we are going to leave in the morning, we should pack up now. I think you should pack up and be ready to leave at a moment's notice. He didn't say good-bye. He just packed up and left.

mike23
Poland
Local time: 16:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 39

Notes to answerer

Asker: zwinela manatki mi przyszlo do glowy jak uslyszalam wlasnie zadarla kite. Jestem z Czestochowy moze to czestochowskie powiedzenie, albo pewnie nie;)

5 hrs confidence:

skedaddle/take to her heels /turn tail

Explanation:
To move or run away quickly.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skedaddle

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 10:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Polish
PRO pts in category: 96

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