phrase
dići ruke od nečega
to give up on something
махнуть рукой на что-л., бросить, отступиться (букв. «поднять руки от чего-л.»)
With stress
dȉći rȗke od nȅčega
In Cyrillic
дићи руке од нечега
Examples from the lessons
dići ruke od nečega; ni traga ni glasa od nekoga
od + родительный — махнуть рукой на что-то; ни слуху ни духу
Advanced phrasemes & clichésIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Next to it in the phrasebook
- ni pȇt ni šȇstwithout a second thought, on the spot (not «neither one nor the…
- ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone's nerves
- prȁviti od mȕve slònato make an elephant out of a fly — to blow things out of proportion
- ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētno 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
- bòlī me ȕvoI couldn't care less (lit. «my ear hurts»; crude)
- vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto lead someone by the nose, to string someone along
- razbíjati glávuto rack one's brains
- pȕna mi je kȁpaI've had it up to here (lit. «my cap is full»)