Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

одна нога здесь, другая там

ad-NA na-GA ZDYES', droo-GA-ya TAM · odna noga zdes', drugaya tam

Literally

one foot here, the other one there

What it really means

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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