Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

Не в своей тарелке

Nye v sva-yey ta-rel-kye

Literally

not in one's own plate

What it really means

Out of place / uncomfortable.

describing an awkward social situation

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Russian, taken literally

Кот наплакалa cat cried [this much]Вешать лапшу на ушиto hang noodles on [someone's] earsРуки 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