pi razy oko
Meaning: A rough, approximate measure with little precision; give or take.
Language: Polish
Literally: pi times the eye
Category: The Absurd
Origin: A playful mathematical reference using pi (an irrational number) to humorously express imprecision and guesswork.
More idioms — The Absurd
- robić dobrą minę do złej gry — To grin and bear it; to pretend a bad situation is acceptable.
- wziąć z sufitu — To invent something without basis; to make something up or fabricate it.
- в долгах как в шелках (v dolgakh kak v shelkakh) — To be deeply and hopelessly in debt.
- сражаться с ветряными мельницами (srazhat'sya s vetryanymi mel'nitsami) — To struggle against imaginary or futile enemies; to waste effort on impossible causes.
- полтора землекопа (poltora zemlyekopa) — An absurdly small group; a nonsensical quantity that defies rational measure.
- на честном слове и на одном крыле (na chestnom slove i na odnom kryle) — Succeeding or surviving by the barest margin, through luck or desperation rather than sol…
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