strach ma wielkie oczy
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “fear has huge eyes”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) fear makes things look twice as bad as they really are
Further reading
[edit]- strach ma wielkie oczy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- strach ma wielkie oczy in Polish dictionaries at PWN