wpadać jak śliwka w kompot

== Polish == === Etymology === Literally, “to drop like [a] plum into [a] compote”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfpa.dat͡ɕ ˈjak ˈɕlif.ka ˈfkɔm.pɔt/ Syllabification: wpa‧dać jak śliw‧ka w‿kom‧pot === Verb === wpadać jak śliwka w kompot impf (perfective wpaść jak śliwka w kompot) (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) to be in a pickle, to be up shit creek, to get into hot water ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “ktoś wpada jak śliwka w kompot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “wpadać jak śliwka w kompot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)