zatykać ocy
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to plug [one's] eyes”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA(key): /zaˈtɘ.kat͡ɕ ˈɔ.t͡sɘ/
Verb
[edit]- (intransitive, idiomatic, Near Masovian) to constantly give one food in the absence of other foods
- zatykać ocy kartoflami ― to stuff with potatoes
Further reading
[edit]- Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “zatykać ocy”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 249