сто лет в обед
phrase
How to read (transcription):
[sto lyet v a-BYET]
Translation:
lit. – a hundred years at lunch (i.e. at lunch it will be one hundred years);
the phrase is used to describe very old things
More explanations and examples here: Сто лет в обед
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