phrase
s neba pa u rebra
out of the blue, with no warning
ни с того ни с сего, как снег на голову (буквально «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.
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
- 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
- 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