Sunday, April 18, 2010

"Нам наплевать"

Don't know if this made the news stateside but after the Medvedev-Obama lovefest, Dmitry went to South America where he signed some trade deals and shook some hands.

In Argentina, he was asked how Washington views his activity in Latin America, to which he replied: "Я надеюсь, это никого не трогает, а если и трогает, то нам на это наплевать." Or, roughly, "I hope it doesn't bother anyone, but if it does, we don't give a damn."

"Hаплевать" literally means "spit" and the phrase is rude and colloquial enough that people here we're talking about it like, "He said WHAT?"

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