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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

In English we sometimes say "You aren't too polite, are you?" or "He isn't too generous." This is a form of understatement, and it more or less means "You are are not polite" and "He really isn't generous."  I think I've heard Russians say something like this. Is it possible to say this in Russian (with the same meaning): 

Ты не слишком вежливый

Ты не слишком милая

Он не слишком шедрый

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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

Sorry that should say "it more or less means 'You are really not polite'"

[natha1ie.livejournal.com]

Absolutely right!

[gera.livejournal.com]

Yes, works the same way in Russian.

And short forms of adjectives are normally used in such cases: "вежлив","щедр".
And "милая" wouldn't be used in such context.
If you were going for "nice" this is not really a good equivalent.

[oryx_and_crake]

+1 to all

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

Possibly "не слишком-то %s", "не особо-то %s" or "не так уж и %s" would be a good example...

[prorok-samuil.livejournal.com]

+ "не очень-то и вежлив". This means "not as polite as expected".

+1

[mpgriboff.livejournal.com]

that's more like your original meaning

[andrey-bessonov.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's quite okay.
You can also say "Какой ты вежливый/щедрый/милый!" ('How polite/generous/nice you are!'), ironically meaning just the opposite.

[cherniavska.livejournal.com]

It is just in Russian this construction does sound more on a sarcastic side:))

[deva-noja.livejournal.com]

+1))

subtleties

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

"Ты не слишком вежливый" = "You are not very polite"

As for sarcastic "you aren't too polite, are you?" there are at least several equivalents:
-Ты не слишком-то вежливый, а?
-Не больно-то ты вежливый.
-Не шибко-то ты и вежливый.

Re: subtleties

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

Another version, in SPOKEN LANGUAGE ONLY, is to say:

"Каааакой вежливый!"

Re: subtleties

[un-malpaso.livejournal.com]

I digress, but...
that's such a pretty icon! :)

Re: subtleties

[deva-noja.livejournal.com]

это сарказм
или ирония, если хотите

Re: subtleties

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

exactly

[quorax.livejournal.com]

"Не особенно" instead of "не слишком" is more common.

[baby-rhino.livejournal.com]

"Не очень-то" is used with about the same frequency as "не особенно".
An absolutely common and widely used construction.

[deva-noja.livejournal.com]

ты не слишком-то вежлив
тут возможен приказной тон: "будь вежливее"
"воспитан" тоже неплохо (+!)
"щедрый" - No!!!

- ты плохо воспитан
- ты невежлив
- ты некультурно себя ведешь
+ "не особенно"/ "не очень-то"/ " ,похоже, " и т.д.