phrase
praviti se lud
to play dumb, pretend not to understand
прикидываться дурачком, притворяться непонимающим
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
Humour, irony and body languageIn 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
- prȁviti od mȕve slònato make a mountain out of a molehill, to blow things out of proportion
- ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētI wouldn’t dream of it, no way, it wouldn’t even occur to me
- 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’)