Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
nabijać kasę
English translation:
rake it in; line one's pockets
Polish term
nabijać kasę
| 4 +2 | Why let the supermarkets rake it in? |
Darius Saczuk
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| 4 +1 | to line one’s (own)/sb’s pockets |
Lucyna Długołęcka
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| 4 | make a killing |
rzima
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| 3 | to stufff [their] pockets [with cash] |
geopiet
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Jun 21, 2010 14:02: Darius Saczuk changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Jun 21, 2010 14:03: Darius Saczuk Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 5 more.
Why let the supermarkets rake it in?
Jun 1, 2009 ... The insurance companies have lost billions on Wall Street and paid hundreds of ... How Insurance Companies Rake It In. Monday, June 1, 2009 ...
Big banks rake it in again - Street Sweep: Fortune's Wall Street Blog
May 20, 2010 ... Big banks rake it in again. The banking industry posts its best quarter since before the .... A Time Warner Company ALL
CorpWatch : KATRINA: Contractors rake it in as they clean it up
May 31, 2006 ... KATRINA: Contractors rake it in as they clean it up ... For companies in the disaster business, 2005 was a very good year
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS353&q="companie...
to stufff [their] pockets [with cash]
make a killing
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_idioms/id-m.php3
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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-06-13 09:37:41 GMT)
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np. "Why let the supermarkets make a killing."
Poland
Ponto means a bridge.
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Polish, and 10 more.
to line one’s (own)/sb’s pockets
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Note added at 1 dzień 2 godz. (2010-06-13 23:57:22 GMT)
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To jest metafora.
| agree |
Beata Claridge
: Why let the supermarkets line their pockets??
Tak dla otwarcia oczu (i coby nie zgrzytalo).
A kieszenie supermarketow sa bardzo, bardzo glebokie.
Naprawde swietnie to ujelas. Pozdrawiam :)
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| agree |
Karol Kawczyński
39 mins
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| disagree |
Polangmar
: Supermakety nie mają kieszeni, więc niezbyt to pasuje. || Ale metaforę trzeba wpasować w zdanie - "to line supermarkets' pockets" mocno zgrzyta.
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