refleks szachisty

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Literally, reflexes of a chess player. From the stereotype that chess players can play one chess game for a long time, thus they are quite slow and rather clumsy.

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refleks szachisty m inan

  1. (humorous) a reaction that is slow off the mark
    • 2016 April 20, Wojciech Drewniak, Historia bez cenzury, Otwarte, →ISBN:
      Tym razem to my wykazaliśmy się refleksem szachisty. Ale nie ma tego złego, bo wkrótce ogłoszono przetarg na nowe stanowisko – wielkiego księcia na Litwie.
      This time it was we who was a bit slow off the mark. But it's not all bad, because soon a tender was announced for a new position - Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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