B2 — upper-intermediategrammar35 words
Idioms: everyday
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ni pȇt ni šȇst | without a second thought, on the spot (not «neither one nor the other») |
| ìći nȅkome na žívce | to get on someone's nerves |
| prȁviti od mȕve slòna | to make an elephant out of a fly — to blow things out of proportion |
| ne pȁdā mi na pȁmēt | no way, it wouldn't even occur to me |
| prȁviti se lȗd | to play dumb, pretend not to understand |
| ìmati pȕne rȗke pòsla | to have one's hands full |
| bòlī me ȕvo | I couldn't care less (lit. «my ear hurts»; crude) |
| vúći nȅkoga za nȏs | to lead someone by the nose, to string someone along |
| dȉći rȗke od nȅčega | to give up on something |
| razbíjati glávu | to rack one's brains |
| pȕna mi je kȁpa | I've had it up to here (lit. «my cap is full») |
| u čètiri ȍka | in private, one-on-one (lit. «in four eyes») |
| dŕžati jèzik za zùbima | to keep one's mouth shut |
| bez dlȁke na jezìku | bluntly, without mincing words (lit. «without a hair on the tongue») |
| bácati prȁšinu u ȍči | to throw dust in someone's eyes, to put on a false show |
| glȅdati kroz pȑste | to turn a blind eye, to let something slide |
| jȅdva sàstavljati krȃj s krȁjem | to barely make ends meet |
| báciti páre u vȅtar | to throw money down the drain |
| prȅko vȅze | through connections, by pulling strings |
| pȁsti u vòdu | to fall through (of a plan) |
| mȕva bez gláve | a headless fly — running around aimlessly |
| pȕkla tȉkva | the friendship is over (lit. «the gourd has burst») |
| dŕžī vòdu | it holds water (of an argument); usually negated |
| mȇd i mléko | milk and honey — everything rosy (most often negated) |
| tȑla bȁba lȁn | pointless busywork to kill the day |
| s nȅba pa u rȅbra | out of the blue, with no warning |
| nȉje šȉja nȅgo vrȃt | same difference (lit. «not the neck but the throat») |
| ni lȕk jȅo ni lȕk mìrisao | to have had absolutely nothing to do with it |
| sȑce mi je sȉšlo u péte | my heart sank into my heels |
| pȁo mi je kȁmēn sa sȑca | a weight off my mind |
| ìmati zȗb na nȅkoga | to have it in for someone, to bear a grudge |
| ùbiti dvȇ mȕve jèdnīm ȕdārcem | to kill two flies with one blow (= two birds with one stone) |
| kúpiti mȁčku u džáku | to buy a cat in a sack (= a pig in a poke) |
| dŕžati nȅkome fȉge | to keep one's fingers crossed for someone |
| mȁčjī kȁšalj | a piece of cake (lit. «a cat's cough») |
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