Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

переливать из пустого в порожнее

pee-ree-lee-VAT' is poo-STO-va f pa-ROZH-nee-ye · perelivat' iz pustogo v porozhneye

Literally

to pour from empty into empty

What it really means

to talk in circles, waffle pointlessly

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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