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🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

Кот наплакал

Kot nap-la-kal

Literally

a cat cried [this much]

What it really means

Next to nothing — very little (money, time).

complaining about scarcity

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Russian, taken literally

Вешать лапшу на ушиto hang noodles on [someone's] earsНе в своей тарелкеnot in one's own plateРуки не доходятthe hands don't reach [it]Зарубить на носуcarve a notch on [your] noseВставлять палки в колёсаstick sticks into the wheelsДелать видto make a view