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[alpacacock.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to find a Russian expression with the same meaning as "swallow your pride". When I try to use online translators I keep coming up with things that are closer to "eat crow" than what I'm looking for.

Translating the words more directly I get this: проглотить гордость свою

Is that a phrase which would ever be seen in Russian?
Is it ordered correctly?

Do you know of a more appropriate way I could say "swallow your pride" in Russian?
I really want the concept of "swallowing" to be existent in the Russian version.

Thanks!

Comments

[hellga.livejournal.com]

And if you want to be much more colloquial, there is a range of options starting with mild "Не выеживайся!" all the way to a similar-sounding (just one sound different!) but obscene one. :D

[alpacacock.livejournal.com]

Heh, well considering this will be going on top a slightly obscene image, an obscene wording would be fantastic - what is it?

[alex-rex.livejournal.com]

Just change "жи" to "бы". But it's very rude, remember it.

[alpacacock.livejournal.com]

What does it mean?

[laiarel.livejournal.com]

Don't try it with "бы", it's really obscene, as far as I understand it's much stronger than fuck and shit.

[alpacacock.livejournal.com]

lol, it's going on an image of a woman performing oral sex...

[laiarel.livejournal.com]

Wow, are you sure that's ok to do such posters? I wouldn't use stronger language anyway, it's only a marker of rudeness and lack of education.

[alpacacock.livejournal.com]

lol, yes.

[alex-rex.livejournal.com]

Well, in that case you can translate it literally: "Проглоти свою гордость". It's OK, just a common sentence. It will be perfect, and you don't need to use rude language.

[nowhere-person.livejournal.com]

I second this. Here it's much better to use a bit calqued but still normal expression 'Проглоти свою гордость' than any more 'natively Russian' variant with losing the original ambiguity, that is the very marrow of the poster, as I understand. :)

[avatarakali.livejournal.com]

I would even say - засунь свою гордость куда подальше
but it would be even emmmmm more rude