продрать глаза

Conversational Russian

phrase

Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):

[prad-RAT' gla-ZA]

Translation / meaning:

to wake up, to open the eyes

Examples:

  • Когда он наконец продрал глаза, за окном было темно.
    When he finally opened his eyes, it was dark outside.
  • Не успели мы ещё толком продрать глаза, как раздался звонок в дверь.
    Before we had time to open our eyes from sleeping, the doorbell rang.

More explanations and examples here: Вынос мозга

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