Russian people do not have a plan of action … Any plan is a failure by default. Russian is reading an instruction manual only when something gets broken. Do not afraid of Russian tanks as much as their drunken crew. How to split a 0.75 liter bottle of vodka between 3 people? Poor each man [...]
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Proverbs
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. Худой мир лучше доброй ссоры. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Птица в руках стоит двух в кустах. A bully is always a coward. Задира всегда трус (Молодец среди овец, а на молодца и сам овца). A burden of one’s choice [...]
Signs
If you drive a car and you have been strongly hit then get out of it exit and see: if the hit is from behind then it mean the money is coming, if the hit is from the front then you start losing them. If a husband opens the car door to his wife, it is either a new [...]
Humorous Phrases with Meanings
By A.V. Man’s snoring has been designed by nature to ensure that a woman is not too upset when her husband hasn’t come home tonight. It is unclear why men try so hard to acquire hand and heart of a woman they hardly use afterwords. If a man can observe naked woman from an animate object, then he the artist. If a man can [...]
Words of Wizdom
YOU MUST READ THIS! Three things never come back: Time, word, opportunity. Three things should not be lost: Peace, hope and honor. Three things in life are most valuable: Love, belief, friendship. Three things in life never reliable: Power, luck, fortune. Three things define the man: The work, honesty, and achievement. Three things destroy the man: [...]
Tongue Twisters
Tongue-twister: “A sequence of words, often alliterative, difficult to articulate quickly.” (Oxford English Dictionary) Shibboleth: “A word or phrase used as a test for detecting foreigners, or persons from another district, by their pronunciation.” (OED) Battologism: A phrase or sentence built by (tiresome) repetition of the same words or sounds Please click on a language [...]
15,000 Phrases
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
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Catch Phrases
Useful Phrases for Presentations
Useful Phrases for Presentations
Popular Phrases in Yiddish
It is become well known and quite fashionable to use the most common Italian and Yiddish words in our conversational language. Words like Ciao (Goodbye in Italian) or Potz (Full in Yiddish) become very popular in English vocabulary. The slide show below will provide an introduction to the most popular phrases in modern Yiddish: Watch [...]