хорошая мысля приходит опосля
phrase
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Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[ha-RO-sha-ya mys-LYA pree-HO-deet a-pas-LYA]
Translation / meaning:
a good thought comes after (i.e. a good idea always comes post factum)
More explanations and examples here: A few funny Russian expressions
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a way to refuse to do something (just wait me while I'm ironing my laces)
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~ good thoughts come afterwards
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чем бы дитя не тешилось, лишь бы траву не курило
whatever the child is doing, the most important that he/she does not smoke grass
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about something extremely tearful and sugary (movies or stories)
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никогда такого не было, и вот опять
It never happened before, and here again.
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(lit: it was a long time ago and it's not true) about something that chanded since then
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(lit. - how much neglected is everything) what a sad state of affairs! what a disaster! [used to express the fact that the things could be better if one took care about them]
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What I don't eat, I bite. Comes from an Ukranian anecdote.
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