the subtlety in Russian idioms and colloquialisms are rather complex and deeply referential. i have a pet theory that such old language tricks are how the Russians survived their horrific Soviet period. Americans could learn a thing or two.
35 weeks in a year would be a lot fewer Mondays and Fridays. im torn.
idiom and colloquialisms are not about comedy. some people laugh because they don't understand just as some don't laugh because they know this shit isn't really so funny
im still not talking about humor or sarcastic trolling. i think the invitation to "learn Russian", is more about learning the 'turn of phrase' that invokes a memory or set of circumstances that the 'turn of phrase' comes from. Like a meme today, they can be funny but the primary value in a meme is the ability to make someone THINK with their own mind… and take their mind to a higher place.
Russians today (after surviving their own Soviet period) have a lot of valid shit to say about Westerners in a flat spin descent into our own version of a Soviet nightmare.
i do not mind Russians madshit-talking about the madshit going on in the West today.
a few quick examples of common expressions used in the same way as Westerners, but with very different references.
you got a real knack for cherry picking.
(and ignoring the larger conversation)
you should apply for IC work.
(you seem smart enough to do that)
33 more Russian idioms loaded with wisdom which Westerners are ripe to learn
yes. thats the statement from Putin that really struck me. he flat out says that Russia ALREADY went through this nightmare of Progressives that tried to erase Russian culture in its own variation. it is a rhyme of history. The Russians have A LOT to teach the west about such a dark story, if no other reason than that they survived the nightmare.