Не вешай лапшу на уши (Ne veshay lapshu na ushi)

Meaning: Don't lie to me; stop trying to deceive me.

Language: Russian

Literally: Don't hang noodles on my ears

Category: Food & Drink

Origin: Russian slang from the Soviet era.

More idioms — Food & Drink

• Att glida in på en räkmacka — To have things handed to you without effort.
• Att ha rent mjöl i påsen — To have a clean conscience; nothing to hide.
• Descascar o abacaxi — To solve a very difficult, thorny problem.
• Helaas, pindakaas — Too bad, nothing can be done about it.
• Σιγά τα λαχανικά — Big deal! (extreme sarcasm)
• Ayıkla pirincin taşını — Deal with it yourself; it's your mess.

More Russian idioms

• 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.
• работать спустя рукава (rabotat' spustya rukava) — To work carelessly, half-heartedly, without proper effort or attention.

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