Help with a phrase: Ежкин кот!

[Andrea Gregovich]

Thanks!


On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Paul B. Gallagher <
paulbg at pbg-translations.com> wrote:

> Andrea Gregovich wrote:
>
>  Hello Folks,
>>
>> Can someone fill me in on the phrase "Ежкин кот!" ?  In context it
>> appears to be used as an exclamation of frustration when something goes
>> wrong, like "Damn and blast!"  But googling turns up a pet store by that
>> name so I'm betting it has a fun etymology.
>>
>
> See here:
> <http://russian.stackexchange.com/questions/2997/what-does-%
> D1%91%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82-mean>
> or here:
> <http://russian.stackexchange.com/questions/2997/what-does-ёшкин-кот-mean>
>
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