свежо предание, да верится с трудом
phrase
How to read (transcription):
[svee-ZHO pree-DA-nee-ye, da VYE-ree-tsa s tru-DOM]
Translation:
lit: the legend is fresh but hard to believe
used to say exactly that: the story is new, but it is very hard to believe it
Comments
This phrase is taken from Griboyedov's comedy "Woe from Wit" and belongs to a character named Chatsky.
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