wywoływać wilka z lasu

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “to call [a] wolf out of [the] woods”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɘ.vɔˈwɘ.vat͡ɕ ˈvil.ka ˈzla.su/
  • Syllabification: wy‧wo‧ły‧wać wil‧ka z‿la‧su

Verb

wywoływać wilka z lasu impf (perfective wywołać wilka z lasu)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) to make something that was previously feared happen by saying it out loud or thinking about it

Conjugation

Conjugation of wywoływać wilka z lasu: see wywoływać.

Further reading

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