phrase
praviti se lud
to play dumb, pretend not to understand
прикидываться дурачком, делать вид, что не понимаешь: ne pravi se lud!
With stress
prȁviti se lȗd
In Cyrillic
правити се луд
Examples from the lessons
zbijati šale, praviti se lud, nasmejati nekoga
отпускать шутки, прикидываться дурачком, рассмешить кого-то
Humor, irony & nonverbalIn 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
- 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»)