strach ma wielkie oczy
Polish
Etymology
Literally, “fear has huge eyes”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrax ˈma ˈvjɛl.kjɛ ˈɔ.t͡ʂɨ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʂɨ
Proverb
strach ma wielkie oczy
- (idiomatic) fear makes things look twice as bad as they really are
Further reading
- strach ma wielkie oczy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- strach ma wielkie oczy in Polish dictionaries at PWN