May. 12th, 2007

[identity profile] krepsen.livejournal.com

How can you say "Good luck" in russian?

question!

May. 12th, 2007 11:59 pm
[identity profile] voltaireontoast.livejournal.com
I have a question. Actually, I had two, but the last good luck post answered this for me.

'им до лампочки' - A phrase my Russian teacher told me to casually throw in our oral exam, which I did. And I was told it meant 'they couldn't care less' idiomatically.

Am I right in thinking that literally, this has something to do with lamps? Little lamps?

Where does that come from? I'm very intrigued. Thanks, guys.

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