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murzyn zrobił swoje, murzyn może odejść

//ˈmu.ʐɘn ˈzrɔ.biw ˈsfɔ.jɛ |ˈmu.ʐɘn ˈmɔ.ʐɛ ˈɔ.dɛjɕt͡ɕ//
Polishproverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    offensiveused to describe a situation where someone has been used to do something and then dismissed or abandoned

Etymology

Literally, “[the] Negro has done his job, [the] Negro can go”. Calque of German der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen. From Friedrich Schiller's play Fiesco (1782).

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