cholera wzięła

Polish

Etymology

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Etymology

IPA^(key): /xɔˈlɛ.ra ˈvʑɛ.wa/
Rhymes: -ɛwa

Phrase

cholera wzięła (imperfective cholera bierze)

(colloquial, mildly vulgar, idiomatic) someone got upset and outraged by the given state of affairs
Synonym: diabli wzięli

Further reading

cholera wzięła kogoś in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
cholera wzięła in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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