Russ. equivalent of Ital. "ruspante"

Katerina Romanenko kgalrom at YAHOO.COM
Tue Aug 4 20:30:56 UTC 2009


There is an expression:  "Медведь в посудной лавке" (medved v posudnoy lavke). 

Katerina Romanenko
New York




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From: "ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET" <ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET>
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russ. equivalent of Ital. "ruspante"

At 08:04 AM 8/4/2009, you wrote:
> In Russian: Slon v posudnoi lavke. Vadim Besprozvany
> 
> > Dear colleagues and Prof Gandolfo:
> >
> > In English, the closest equivalent I can think of, roughly conveying
> > both meanings sought by Gandolfo,  is "bull in a china shop."
> >
> > But how does one say that same thing in Russian?

I remember being called "kosolapyj" by a Russian when I behaved like a bull in a china shop,
many years ago.
Jules Levin
Los Angeles 
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