English | Russian |
bad harvest | чтобы не сглазить! (В определенном контексте -аналог "сплюнь!" в русском языке. E.g.: "- Nothing will go wrong. – Bad harvest, bad harvest!" As explained in the "Downton Abbey" series, the superstitious farmers in the old days would shout "bad harvest" when the crop was good so that the gods wouldn't grow jealous of their luck pajohn22) |
welcome as snow in harvest | кому-либо не рады (4uzhoj) |