phrase
ubiti dve muve jednim udarcem
to kill two birds with one stone (literally ‘two flies with one blow’)
убить двух зайцев (одним выстрелом; буквально «двух мух одним ударом»)
With stress
ùbiti dvȇ mȕve jèdnīm ȕdārcem
In Cyrillic
убити две муве једним ударцем
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- 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