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Varrah Lounge Lizard Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 80 Location: St.-Petersburg, Russia	Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:18 pm    Post subject: The fact is that by sayibg "ni puha ni pera" you actually wish a person to get nothing "no fluff, no feathers" (literal translation) and so if someone replyes "thank you" this really means he will not get anything. So the answer is "go to hell (with your prophets)". It's a wish of a good luck but in the form of "protection from bad eye" (чтоб не сглазить).
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Polyglot Just Starting Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 7	Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:47 pm    Post subject: Some more idioms: -Одна нога здесь, другая там - [odna noga zd'es' drugaya tam]- One foot's here, the other's there. To go and fetch, to run and fetch; to do something very quickly, with lightning speed. -Кот наплакал - [kot naplakal]- Something the cat cried out. Very little; practically nothing; nothing to speak of. - Зарубить на носу - [zarubit' na nosu]- To make a notch on one's nose. To remember something firmly, forever. -Душа ушла в пятки - [ducha ushla v p'atki]- One's soul has gone into one's heels. Someone is greatly alarmed by what is happening or anticipated to happen; terribly frightened. -Говорить под руку - [govorit' pod ruku] - To speak to someone's hand. To say something at the wrong time; to disturb someone when he is concentrating on something; to distract someone by talking. Idioms from the site www.polyglot-online.com
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sam7870 Just Starting Joined: 27 Mar 2009 Posts: 1	Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:12 pm    Post subject: Russian Idioms Рука об руку : Jointly, in common Водой не разольёшь : As thick as thieves Наломать дров : To make mistakes and absurd things Лица нет :To look awful Заварить кашу : To start doing something troublesome
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Mishanya Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 2	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 2:29 pm    Post subject: ояебу - Oo
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Kir Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Russia, Moscow	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:04 pm    Post subject: Mishanya wrote: ояебу Rudely express high level of astonishment. XD
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Aletio Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 1	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:26 pm    Post subject: some more ideoms: как об стенку горох - (kak ob stenku goroh; literaly: like throwing pea on the wall) meaning: to do something without any results что в лоб, что по лбу - (chto v lob chto po lbu; literaly: to forehead or onto forehead is the same) meaning: no understanding of something. Example: я ему 3 часа говорю, а ему что в лоб, что по лбу - I am explaining him for 3 hours, but with no understanding from his side. дуракам закон не писан - (durakam zakon ne pisan; literaly: there is no law for stupid people) meaning: to do something what usually people would not do considering it as something strange, dangerous or stupid. Something like english 'fools rush in where angels fear to tread'. от греха подальше - (ot greha podal'she, literaly: to be far away from a sin) meaning: for a sake of safety, for any bad case. Example: пойду-ка я отсюда от греха подальше - I better go out from here, for a sake of my safety. Russian language is rish of ideoms, actually. And one shouldn't mix up commonly used ideoms with a sleng of youth.
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Mishanya Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 2	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:59 pm    Post subject: Умом Россию не понять, Аршином общим не измерить, У ней особенная стать - В Россию можно только верить. Ф.И.Тютчев
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pushken Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 4	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:42 pm    Post subject: look this.. от мертвого осла уши таскать каштаны из огня ехать в тулу со своим самоваром длинный язык до Киева доведёт от фонаря глушить водку с бодуна болт забить http://idioms.chat.ru/ - tt fr u БАБУШКА НАДВОЕ СКАЗАЛА [babushka nadvoye skazala] - Grangmother said it ambiguously. Cf. We'll see what we'll see; maybe rain or maybe snow, maybe yes or maybe no. БЕЖАТЬ ВЫСУНУВ ЯЗЫК [bezhat' vysunuv yazyk] - To run with one's tongue hanging out. Cf. To run as fast as one's legs can carry one; to run at a breakneck pace. БЕЗ СУЧКА БЕЗ ЗАДОРИНКИ [b'es suchka b'ez zadorinki] - Without a snag, without any unevennes or roughness. Cf. Without a hitch; like clockwork. Last edited by pushken on Sat May 16, 2009 7:22 pm; edited 1 time in total
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fps7000 Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 1	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:58 pm    Post subject: few last comments was supported by bash.org.ru users xDDDDDDDDD
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pushken Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 4	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:23 pm    Post subject: fps7000 wrote: few last comments was supported by bash.org.ru users xDDDDDDDDD ыыы...да*ROFL*
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DarkRaven Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Sankt-Peterburg	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:33 pm    Post subject: Угу) всё из-за той цитаты)
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pushken Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 4	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:41 pm    Post subject: поналетели коршуны счас раздасца крик: Ahtung kommunisten!!!
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Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:59 pm    Post subject: pushken wrote: поналетели коршуны счас раздасца крик: Ahtung kommunisten!!! Кстати вот вам и идиома: Ахтунг (achtung, German: literally "attention"). Achtung, faggots are near or Achtung, faggots are amongst us. In a close company suggests that someone of people in that company does something wrong secretely of others.
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Teru Just Starting Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 2	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:54 pm    Post subject: Интересно девки пляшут! - [inter'esno devki plyashut] - used to emphasise something realy interesting Видимо-невидимо = дохуя [vidimo-nevidimo = dokhuya (rude)] - used if there is a lot of something Один в поле не воин - [odin v pole ne voin] - one man is not a warrior in a battlefield (he can't win)
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id027 Frequent Guest Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 12 Location: Czech Republic	Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:48 pm    Post subject: Ага, привет башоргу ) "Заставь дурака богу молиться, он себе лоб расшибёт" - make a fool pray and he'll brake his forehead. Meaning - more zeal than sense. In other words it's about someone stupid but diligent. "Глаз на жопу натяну и моргать заставлю!!" - I'll draw your eye onto your ass and make you blink with it!!! Meaning - just a threat to kick ass "Ни туда, ни сюда" - [going] neither here nor here Meaning - something/someone useless or disappointing (depends on context)
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