Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

Зарубить на носу

Za-roo-beet' na no-soo

Literally

carve a notch on [your] nose

What it really means

Remember this for good.

emphatic imperative — "get this straight"

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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]Вставлять палки в колёсаstick sticks into the wheels Делать видto make a view