молоко на губах не обсохло (moloko na gubakh ne obsokhlo)
Meaning: a very young or inexperienced person; someone barely past infancy.
Language: Russian
Literally: milk has not dried on the lips
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: The phrase pictures a child so recently weaned that milk still clings to their mouth, marking them as hardly more than a baby.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- C'est pas tes oignons — That's none of your business.
- C'est la fin des haricots — It's all over; there's no hope left.
- Tomber dans les pommes — Suddenly losing consciousness — possibly derived from the older expression 'être dans les…
- Avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez — To be getting angry.
- Pédaler dans la semoule — To be confused and getting nowhere.
- Raconter des salades — To tell lies or tall tales.
More Russian idioms
- Не вешай лапшу на уши (Ne veshay lapshu na ushi) — Don't lie to me; stop trying to deceive me.
- Когда рак на горе свистнет (Kogda rak na gore svistnet) — When pigs fly; never.
- Медвежья услуга (Medvezhya usluga) — Help that actually makes things worse.
- Тянуть кота за хвост (Tyanut' kota za khvost) — To procrastinate; to drag something out.
- Делать из мухи слона (Delat' iz mukhi slona) — To blow things way out of proportion.
- душа нараспашку (dusha naraspashku) — Extremely open, trusting, or emotionally vulnerable with others.
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