help with (presumably) Russian phrase

[Edward M Dumanis]

Then, it was probably "ruchku za khrabrost'! "

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Mara Sukholutskaya wrote:

> It probably means "I kiss your hands for courage". Probably addressed to a woman.
> 
> Mara Sukholutskaya
> >>> Stephen.Luttmann at UNCO.EDU 07/21/06 12:07 PM >>>
> A colleague of mine recalls his father using the phrase
> 
>  
> 
> "ruchki zakhrabros"
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> to mean something on the order of "you said a mouthful."  He was curious
> as to its precise meaning, or whether he was remembering the phrase
> correctly, and I'm not sure my undergraduate Russian degree (now a
> quarter-century old and not much exercised thereafter) and my
> 50,000-word Smirnitski are entirely up to the challenge.  Something
> about "little hands" and "mustering up one's courage," but that's about
> it.  Does this ring a bell to anyone?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance--
> 
> Stephen Luttmann
> Music Librarian 
> 
> University of Northern Colorado
> 
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