boli me uvo

I couldn’t care less, I don’t give a damn (literally ‘my ear hurts’)

мне до лампочки, мне наплевать (грубовато; буквально «ухо болит»)

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• ni pȇt ni šȇstwithout a second thought, without further ado, on the spot
• ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone’s nerves, to annoy
• prȁviti od mȕve slònato make a mountain out of a molehill, to blow things out of proportion
• ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētI wouldn’t dream of it, no way, it wouldn’t even occur to me
• prȁviti se lȗdto play dumb, pretend not to understand
• ìmati pȕne rȗke pòslato have one’s hands full, to be snowed under (with work)
• vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto string someone along, to lead someone up the garden path
• dȉći rȗke od nȅčegato give up on something, to throw in the towel
• razbíjati glávuto rack one’s brains
• pȕna mi je kȁpaI’ve had it up to here, I’m fed up (literally ‘my cap is full’)

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