phrase
s neba pa u rebra
out of the blue, with no warning
ни с того ни с сего, как снег на голову (букв. «с неба да в рёбра»)
With stress
s nȅba pa u rȅbra
In Cyrillic
с неба па у ребра
Examples from the lessons
Šef je s neba pa u rebra tražio izveštaj. Imam pune ruke posla.
Начальник ни с того ни с сего потребовал отчёт. У меня дел по горло.
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- 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