У тебя золотые руки (u tebya zolotye ruki)
Meaning: You're extraordinarily skilled — able to make or fix anything with your hands.
Language: Russian
Literally: You have golden hands
Category: Compliment
Origin: Russian золотые руки; the same gold-hands metaphor as Italian, arrived independently.
More compliments & insults — Compliment
- Je bent een kanjer — You're a star — a champ and a wonderful person.
- Золотые руки (Zolotye ruki) — You're wonderfully skilled with your hands — a true master at making and fixing things.
- Χρυσό μου (Chrysó mou) — My darling — a tender term of endearment.
- Sei un fenomeno — You're amazing — exceptionally good at what you do.
- Eres la leche — You're the best — absolutely fantastic.
- Eline sağlık — Praise and thanks to someone — especially a cook — for something made beautifully by hand.
More Russian compliments & insults
- Без царя в голове (Bez tsarya v golove) — Foolish and reckless — with no one in charge upstairs.
- Ты умница (ty umnitsa) — You're bright, clever, and admirable — said warmly of someone who handles things well.
From our idioms
- пудрить мозги (pudrit' mozgi) — To mislead someone with false or nonsensical talk; to deceive or confuse deliberately.
- один с сошкой, а семеро с ложкой (odin s soshkoy, a semero s lozhkoy) — many people live off the labor of one worker.
- сила есть — ума не надо (sila yest — uma ne nado) — a person who is physically strong but intellectually weak or stupid.