Lost in Literal

🇷🇺 Russian, taken literally

Ни пуха ни пера

Nee poo-ha nee peh-ra

Literally

neither down nor feather

What it really means

Good luck (said before an exam/interview; reply is "к чёрту").

casual well-wishing before something high-stakes

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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