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Jul 15, 2017 18:05
There was a question in ru_translate,
how to translate "лепить горбатого"?
Well, I'd go for "telling whoppers" or some
such phrase informally using the "whopper"
as "a huge lie" in it.
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itanimull
July 18 2020, 06:33:15 UTC
Лепить горбатого = врать. Старинный запрет выступать свидетелями в судах горбатым, кривым и даже просто рыжим.
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