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🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

после дождичка в четверг

PO-slye DOZH-deech-ka f cheet-VYERK · posle dozhdichka v chetverg

Literally

after a light rain on Thursday

What it really means

never, when pigs fly

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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