phrase
ni pet ni šest
without a second thought, on the spot (not «neither one nor the other»)
недолго думая, тут же (не «ни то ни сё»!): on ni pet ni šest, ustao i otišao
With stress
ni pȇt ni šȇst
In Cyrillic
ни пет ни шест
Examples from the lessons
Lako je tebi. On ni pet ni šest, odmah se naljuti.
Тебе легко говорить. Он недолго думая сразу злится.
Idioms & phraseologyIn phrasebooks
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- 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
- dȉći rȗke od nȅčegato give up on something
- razbíjati glávuto rack one's brains
- pȕna mi je kȁpaI've had it up to here (lit. «my cap is full»)