ври больше (vri bolshe)
Meaning: An expression of dismissive disbelief; an ironical way of saying someone's story is unconvincing.
Language: Russian
Literally: lie more
Category: The Absurd
Origin: The phrase is a sarcastic taunt: if someone has told a tall tale, the speaker invites them to embellish it further, mocking the improbability of what they have claimed.
More idioms — The Absurd
- пускаться во все тяжкие (puskat'sya vo vse tyazhkiye) — To abandon restraint and indulge recklessly in vices or wrongdoing without scruple.
- хоть ложись и умирай (hot' lozhis' i umiray) — There is no escape or solution; one must accept an impossible or desperate situation.
- хоть убей (khot' ubey) — For the life of me; under no circumstances or condition could one do something.
- хоть умри (khot' umri) — No matter what the cost or consequence; absolutely and without exception.
- Ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard — It's nothing special or impressive.
- C'est comme pisser dans un violon — A completely pointless effort.
More Russian idioms
- вводить в заблуждение (vvodit' v zabluzhdenie) — To deceive or mislead someone deliberately.
- на коленке (na kolenke) — Done hastily and without proper tools or technique; improvised or makeshift.
- сарафанное радио (sarafannoe radio) — The informal spread of gossip or news from person to person, especially by word of mouth.
- козёл отпущения (kozjol otpushchenija) — A person blamed or punished for the wrongs of others; a scapegoat.
- нечего греха таить (nechego grekha tait') — Truth be told; one might as well admit something true and damning rather than conceal it.
- молоко на губах не обсохло (moloko na gubakh ne obsokhlo) — a very young or inexperienced person; someone barely past infancy.
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