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Angloland Learn Serbian - Phrases of the week 10
BITI NA SEDMOM NEBU ★ literally means to be on the seventh sky and its translation equivalent is to be ‘on cloud nine’ , to be blissfully happy , to be ecstatic biti means to be , na means on, sedmo means the seventh, nebo means sky. GLEDATI nekoga ZABEZEKNUTO ★ this collocation literally means to look at somebody in a complete shock, to look at smb shocked, startled, astonished. SVE SE MOŽE KAD SE HOĆE ★ this saying literally means ‘one can do anything with the will power
Natasha
Jun 15, 20171 min read


Angloland Learn Serbian - Phrases of the week 9
PUSTITI KORENJE this phrase literally means - to grow roots , to settle down in one place , to become set in one’s ways and resistant to move or change; pustiti means to let something grow , koren means a root and korenje is its plural form. POZNAVATI NEŠTO kao SOPSTVENI DŽEP this phrase literally means - to know something as if it were your own pocket . Its equivalent in English is to know something ‘inside out’ , to know something very well; poznavati means to know, nešt
Natasha Jovanovic
Jun 10, 20172 min read


Angloland Learn Serbian - Phrases of the week 8
ISPRAVLJATI KRIVE DRINE ★ The literal translation of this phrase would be to make the curving Drina river flow straight and not to let the river zig zag which strikes as a futile feat, Its real meaning is to right the wrongs, to try to remedy the situation. ’. This idiom is normally used when one finds themselves in an unfortunate situation to not be able to find an easy way out, improve the situation or circumstances or to change the ways of the world. It is normally used in
Natasha
May 30, 20172 min read


Angloland Learn Serbian - Phrases of the week 7
IZAĆI/IZBITI NA LOŠ GLAS ★literally means to gain notoriety, to have your reputation tarnished, to have bad press or to be famous and infamous in your line of work or in your private life. Izbiti or izaći in this context means to end up, to gain, na means on, loš means bad and glas means voice or in this context reputation SPAVATI kao TOP ★ literally means to sleep like a cannon, spavati means to sleep and top means a cannon ; it is similar to spavatikaoklada or kaobalvan
Natasha
May 18, 20172 min read


Angloland Learn Serbian - Phrases of the week 6
★ POBEĆI NA ZLATIBOR DA ČUVAMO OVCE This phrase literally means to run away to Zlatibor mountain in Serbia ‘to herd sheep’ i.e. to enjoy life as a shepherd. This is normally used as an expression of annoyance with the life ‘in the fast lane’, the life in huge cities or ‘the rat race’. One would say this: ‘Odoh/BeŽim na Zlatibor da Čuvam ovce! when they ‘want to get away from it all’ and the only solution to a problem seems to be ‘opting out of society’ OtiĆi means to leave,
Natasha
May 13, 20172 min read


Angloland Learn Serbian - Phrases of the week 5
VUĆI SE K’O GLADNA GODINA Literally means to drag your feet like ‘a hungry year ’i.e. a year of famine, to be tired and hungry and because of that to shuffle your feet listless with no energy in the way ‘a year of famine’ does as if it would never end, vuĆi se means to drag ‘yourself’, gladna means hungry, godina means a year. BITI BEZ KROVA NAD GLAVOM This phrase literally means ‘to be with no roof above your head’ to indicate not to have where to live or even to be hom
Natasha
May 4, 20172 min read


Angloland Learn Serbian – Phrases of the Week 4
RADIO MILEVA
Literal translation is radio by the name Mileva. Mileva is a Serbian name, though less common in this day and age, but with un
Natasha
Apr 28, 20172 min read


Angloland Learn SERBIAN Phrases of the Week 2
Learn some of the most popular Serbian phrases - week 2
Natasha
Apr 6, 20172 min read
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