Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

мозолить глаза

ma-ZO-leet' gla-ZA · mozolit' glaza

Literally

to give someone's eyes calluses

What it really means

to be an eyesore, keep getting in someone's face

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Russian, taken literally

Кот наплакалa cat cried [this much]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 wheels