mine Severní pól o pouhých sedm metrů



Význam: pouhý - jenom; minout - nenajít, nechtěně se nesetkat s někým

Gramatika: minout pf./míjet impf.

anglicky: 'he misses the North Pole by only seven meters'; another feature of myth-making: bad luck and the need to overcome it. This myth is based on perceiving the North Pole spot as something clearly visible and determinable, and Cimrman's mad dash through the pole area is described more like a track-and-field competition.