phrase
pasti s kruške
to be clueless (literally, to have fallen off a pear tree)
свалиться с луны — не понимать очевидного (букв. упасть с груши; часто вопросом: Jesi li pao s kruške?)
With stress
pȁsti s krȕške
In Cyrillic
пасти с крушке
In phrasebooks
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