развесистая клюква (razvestistaya klyukva)
Meaning: Ignorant stereotypes and tall tales about Russia, especially those peddled by foreigners.
Language: Russian
Literally: spreading cranberry
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Cranberries are relatively exotic to Russian audiences; the phrase mocks how Westerners carelessly spread false, oversimplified, or exaggerated tales about Russian life and culture.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- молоко на губах не обсохло (moloko na gubakh ne obsokhlo) — a very young or inexperienced person; someone barely past infancy.
- 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.
More Russian idioms
- сыграть в ящик (sygrat' v yashchik) — To die.
- нашего полку прибыло (nashego polku pribylo) — Another person has joined a group or shared predicament; a welcome to the club.
- на славу (na slavu) — Excellently; very well; in a first-rate manner.
- ври больше (vri bolshe) — An expression of dismissive disbelief; an ironical way of saying someone's story is uncon…
- вводить в заблуждение (vvodit' v zabluzhdenie) — To deceive or mislead someone deliberately.
- пускаться во все тяжкие (puskat'sya vo vse tyazhkiye) — To abandon restraint and indulge recklessly in vices or wrongdoing without scruple.
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