Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

висеть на телефоне

vee-SYET' na tee-lee-FO-nye · viset' na telefone

Literally

to hang on the telephone

What it really means

to be glued to the phone for hours

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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