Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
slowo sie rzeklo konik u plotka
English translation:
be true to your word/delivered as promised/you can't go back on your word now
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lafresita (X)
Oct 10, 2004 18:42
19 yrs ago
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Polish term
slowo sie rzeklo konik u plotka
Polish to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
jak by to ladnie ujac?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | be true to your word |
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
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| 4 +3 | the die is cast |
Hanna Burdon
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| 4 | you can't go back on your word now |
jo_loop
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| 4 | delivered as promised |
Malgorzata Kazmierczak
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Proposed translations
13 hrs
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Native in Polish
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Polish, and 1 more.
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be true to your word
Stanislawski, oczywiscie nie oddaje to konotacji cmokniecia rzeczonego zwierzatka w pewna czesc ciala...
http://www.google.pl/search?q="be true to your word"&hl=pl&l...
http://www.google.pl/search?q="be true to your word"&hl=pl&l...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Dziekuje bardzo!"
9 mins
you can't go back on your word now
Oxford
43 mins
Malgorzata Kazmierczak
Native in Polish
Works in field
Historian / Polish language teacher
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English
delivered as promised
nie wiem, czy to jest ladne, ale tak podaje Kosciuszko
+3
22 mins
the die is cast
Zależy od kontekstu oczywi¶cie.
Ciekawe, ja to znam w wersji "słowo się rzekło, kobyłka u płota".
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Note added at 1 hr 4 mins (2004-10-10 19:46:48 GMT)
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Jeszcze id±c tym tropem, co jo_loop:
Promises must be kept.
You must walk your talk now.
I troszkę bardziej odległe:
Put your money were your mouth is.
Kontekst, kontekst... :-)
Ciekawe, ja to znam w wersji "słowo się rzekło, kobyłka u płota".
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Note added at 1 hr 4 mins (2004-10-10 19:46:48 GMT)
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Jeszcze id±c tym tropem, co jo_loop:
Promises must be kept.
You must walk your talk now.
I troszkę bardziej odległe:
Put your money were your mouth is.
Kontekst, kontekst... :-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Himawari
: a ja znam "u plotu":)))
4 mins
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| agree |
lim0nka
: u płota, u płotu... no i zdecydowanie kobyłka :)
10 mins
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| agree |
Jakub Szacki
: to feministki wymyslily te wersje
31 mins
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| neutral |
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
: die is cast - kosci zostaly rzucone (IMHO oznacza to, ze nie mozemy odwrocic nieuchronnego)
12 hrs
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