Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

сесть на шею

syest' na SHE-yoo · sest' na sheyu

Literally

to sit down on someone's neck

What it really means

to live off someone and boss them around

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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]Зарубить на носуcarve a notch on [your] nose Вставлять палки в колёсаstick sticks into the wheels