муха укусила
phrase
[MU-ha u-ku-SEE-la]
Translation:
(lit. – what kind of fly has bit you?)
Usually sounds like “кака́я му́ха тебя́/его́/её укуси́ла?”. Used to talk about someone in a bad mood or behaving strangely.
More explanations and examples here: Право на “лево”
More from "Russian idioms"
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tell a bunch of lies
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to be fed up (with)
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тебя только за смертью посылать
approximately: you are good only when sent to call the death (i.e. it takes you too long to do things, ~ I could grow old)
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~ down the drain
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to make a fool of somebody
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to get nothing for one's pains, to come away none the wiser
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to get all one's strength together, to take one's courage in both hands
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~ when hell freezes over (lit. - when a crayfish wistles on the mountain)
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