Absurd Russian Idiom of the Day

Postavit' rakom - lit. "to do it crayfish style". Missionary. Story time, kids. Once upon a time, I used to work in a grocery...

K bahbeh prikolotsa - lit. "to pin onto a broad."  Prikolotsa, which literally means "to pin onto", usually means that y...

Psihushka - lit. "the shrinkery".  A mental institution.

Mordaboi Let's break this one down:   Morda, as mentioned in a previous post, is a rude way of saying "face". Boi means "...

отвязаться otvyazatsa - lit. "to get untied from".  To leave alone.  "Ovyazhis' ot menya" - lit. "untie yoursel...

Ladies and gentlemen, in honor of the idiom-stopping shenanigans of recent days, this one is going to be зубодёр zubodyor - lit. "tooth...

Idi v zhopu - lit. "go into an ass".  Equivalent to "go to hell".  Soviet society enjoyed state-enforced secularity, so ...