Episode 149: To Eat Not Calls!

Jeść nie woła.

English Phonemes: “yehshch nyeh VOH-wah”

Literal Translation: To eat not calls.

Elegant Translation: This doesn’t call out for food.

English Equivalent: This can wait.

This is an old idiom, and very popular. It perfectly captures the idea that something is not desperate for you attention, like, say, a baby calling out for food would be. It’s used to say “take it easy”, that you can be relaxed and approach a given item/task at your convenience. 

Jeść = to eat [verb, infinitive]
Nie = not/no [negating word]
Woła = he/she/it calls [verb, 3rd p. s., present tense]

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