Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

хоть шаром покати

KHOT' sha-ROM pa-ka-TEE · khot' sharom pokati

Literally

you could roll a ball through it

What it really means

completely empty, bare

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Russian, taken literally

Кот наплакалa cat cried [this much]Вешать лапшу на ушиto hang noodles on [someone's] ears Не в своей тарелкеnot in one's own plate Руки не доходятthe hands don't reach [it]Зарубить на носуcarve a notch on [your] nose Вставлять палки в колёсаstick sticks into the wheels