Common Ukrainian idiomatic expressions with their literal and figurative meanings, one idiom per card. Front: the Ukrainian word or phrase (romanization in parentheses). Back: English meaning.
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- Душа нараспашку (dusha naraspashku)
- Open-hearted, wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
- Як кіт наплакав (yak kit naplakaŭ)
- Very little, a drop in the bucket
- На вус не навіщати (na vus ne navishchaty)
- To not care, not to give a darn
- Грошей як грязі (hroshei yak hryazi)
- Money is like dirt, money is plentiful
- Чути запах (chuty zapakh)
- To smell something, to sense something suspicious
- Удавати з себе (udavaty z sebe)
- To pretend, to feign
- Щось їсть (shchos yist')
- Something stinks, something is fishy or wrong
- Сидіти на гачку (sydity na hachku)
- To be in suspense, to be uncertain
- Вовтувати (vovtuvaty)
- To sulk, to pout, to be moody
- Коза без рогів (koza bez rohiŭ)
- A powerless person, someone with no influence
- Мати жабу в горлі (maty zhabu v horlі)
- To have a hoarse voice
- Вулиця двостороння (vulytsia dvostoronnia)
- A two-way street, a mutual arrangement or situation
- Язик як вовк (yazyk yak voŭk)
- A tongue like a wolf, someone who speaks harshly or spreads gossip
- Витримати на ребрах (vytrymaty na rebrah)
- To barely survive, to just get by
- Вишибити дух (vyshybity dukh)
- To take someone's breath away, to surprise greatly