help with (presumably) Russian phrase

[Edward M Dumanis]

However, not in the context "to mean something on the order of 'you said a
mouthful'."

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>


On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Mara Sukholutskaya wrote:

> NOt necessarily. Normali in Russian we say "Tseluyu ruchki", using plural.
> 
> Mara Sukholutskaya
> >>> dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU 07/24/06 21:20 PM >>>
> 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"
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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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