Compliment or insultCompliment
Russian
RussianУ тебя золотые руки (u tebya zolotye ruki)
Meaning: You're extraordinarily skilled — able to make or fix anything with your hands.
Literally: You have golden hands
Origin: Russian золотые руки; the same gold-hands metaphor as Italian, arrived independently.
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.
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- сила есть — ума не надо (sila yest — uma ne nado) a person who is physically strong but intellectually weak or stupid.
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