цирк уехал, клоуны остались
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Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[tseerk u-YE-hal, KLO-u-ny as-TA-lees']
Translation / meaning:
The circus has left, the clowns have stayed.
Describes a situation when the people around behave inadequately, weird, silly or just fool around.
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