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[savageanomaly.livejournal.com]

A couple of phrases that I couldn't figure out how to say in Russian. Any suggestions are appreciated. 

"drooping mustache"
and
"a size too large" (about clothes)

tyvm


UPD: TY to everyone who answered. I didn't realise this would become such a controversial question. ;)

Comments

[oryx_and_crake]

Вислые усы
На размер больше, чем нужно

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

Or in one word: великО, велИк, великА

[oryx_and_crake]

Can you really say "велико на один размер, на два размера"?

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

No, not really.

[savageanomaly.livejournal.com]

I was looking for a sense of it being not generally "too big" but specifically a size too big. I'm guessing oryx's suggestion is better.

[orie.livejournal.com]

yes, you can

[oryx_and_crake]

I am not sure.

[old-radist.livejournal.com]

Size doesn't matter!

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

No you cannot, if you are at least moderately literate.

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

Мал на размер is OK, why would велик на размер be unacceptable?

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

I could say "великовато где-то на размер".

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Висячие, please-and-thank-you. That would be much better.

[oryx_and_crake]

Yandex gives 4484 hits for вислые усы and 4884 hits for висячие усы which makes me think that these two versions are about equally correct. For example, Sholokhov uses вислые усы for one of his characters.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

To me "висячие" sounds like very long moustache with long, loosely hanging ends ("турецкие усы"), while "вислые" are just drooping moustache -- of the sort we'd call "польские усы". Maybe it's just me, though.

[vovanium.livejournal.com]

2. [Вещь] велика (велик, велико), великовата(о|-) (if larger just a bit), размер велик, слишком большой размер...

[khathi.livejournal.com]

1. Висячие усы.
2. На размер больше (чем нужно).

[xloroforma.livejournal.com]

1. Обвисшие усы

[savageanomaly.livejournal.com]

is this different from "вислые"?

[xloroforma.livejournal.com]

it's the same, but I think it sounds more beautiful and more russian. You won’t meet «вислые усы» in literature, but «обвисшие усы» was normal for Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

[oryx_and_crake]

Oh really?
http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%C2%AB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B5+%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8B%C2%BB+%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2&lr=10115

[xloroforma.livejournal.com]

I don't like Sholohov :)
And have you read "Тихий дон" and "Поднятая целина"? His russian language is awful, it's very difficult to read. There is no russian man who can say that Sholohov wrote in russian. He used very many ukrane words. :)

[oryx_and_crake]

I read both. "Поднятая целина" was in our school curriculum. I did not notice any Ukrainian words in his books. Some regional dialect ones, maybe.

[xloroforma.livejournal.com]

Скажите пожалуйста, какого черта я тогда тут перед вами распинаюсь? Могли бы воспользоваться другим ресурсом для уточнения такого вопроса!

[oryx_and_crake]

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