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This is a literal translation of a Russian idiomatic expression.
by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y ago
This is a literal translation of a Russian idiomatic expression.
- viraptor 2y agoOr a Polish one. (I guess the expression will be popular across Eastern Europe) It's funny to see the basic cultural stuff float to the surface in comments like that. Like when there was a large number of "American" accounts some time ago on Twitter responding to financial news, but putting USD after the numbers... (To be clear, I'm not suggesting anything specific about the author here, just that sometimes you see enough opinions about something with the origin "leaking" through the side channel and wonder how organic it is)
- vetinari 2y agoSlavic, not Russian.
- Anamon 2y agoIt's also common in German ("einen Bärendienst erweisen").