phrase
praviti od muve slona
to make a mountain out of a molehill, to blow things out of proportion
делать из мухи слона, раздувать пустяк (образ тот же)
With stress
prȁviti od mȕve slòna
In Cyrillic
правити од муве слона
Examples from the lessons
Onda ćuti kao zaliven i nemoj praviti od muve slona.
Тогда молчи как рыба и не делай из мухи слона.
Idioms and sayingsIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Next to it in the phrasebook
- ni pȇt ni šȇstwithout a second thought, without further ado, on the spot
- ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone’s nerves, to annoy
- 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)
- bòlī me ȕvoI couldn’t care less, I don’t give a damn (literally ‘my ear hurts’)
- 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’)