phrase
ubiti dve muve jednim udarcem
to kill two flies with one blow (= two birds with one stone)
убить двух зайцев одним махом — но по-сербски это две мухи одним ударом; «dva zeca» сказать нельзя
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, 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
- 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