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"Zmiękły mu dudy"

"His bagpipe has softened", meaning the acceptance of a submissive attitude or humility in general.

Sources

Kubik, Józef: Przysłowia i wyrażenia przysłowiowe o instrumentach dętych (Proverbs and proverbial expressions about wind instruments). In: Polskie instrumenty ludowe… (1981), p.124 (»Krzyżanowski/Adalberg, I;502).