ежу понятно
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Conversational RussianRussian idioms
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How to read (transcription):
[ye-ZHU pa-NYAT-na]
Translation:
it’s obvious, it’s clear
(lit. – it’s clear to a hedgehog)
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This praseologism was given to us by Mayakovsky in 1925, who wrote the folowing lines:
Я́сно да́же и ежу́ — Э́тот Пе́тя был буржу́й.
It's clear even to a hedgehog - This Petya was a bourgeois.
More explanations and examples here: Ежу понятно
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