Russian expression

[Sarah Hurst]

I see, yes, if they delivered the kasha and then took it away again during
the night. 

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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 3:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian expression

It seems that they simply did not want to interrupt their sleep at night 
time. "Night" is different from "evening" here.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Sarah Hurst wrote:

> Can anyone assist me with translating the following phrase, which
describes
> conditions at the front during WWII:
>
>
>
> Доставляли это всё ночью, так что каша и в рот не лезла.
>
>
>
> He's saying the food was delivered at night, so did the kasha not even
make
> it into the soldiers' mouths, and if not, what is he implying, perhaps it
> was bad by the time they woke up, or does he mean they gulped the kasha
down
> quickly, or something else?
>
>
>
> Sarah Hurst
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