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  1. December 20th, 2005, 03:01 AM #1
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    Idiomatic expressions - 'crazy as a ____'

    Hello. I'm sorry to say that I don't speak any Russian at all, but I've been searching all over the internet for Russian expressions on craziness - roughly equivilent to 'mad as a hatter' or some such - and I haven't had any luck, though I have found some good ones on other subjects (I think my favorite is 'to sleep like a marmot.') Are there any Russian idioms for calling somebody crazy? Anything from 'mad as a march hare' to 'he's just nuts.'

    Thank you!
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  2. December 20th, 2005, 03:07 AM #2
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    Lingvo gives:

    as mad as a hatter
    совершенно безумный
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  3. December 20th, 2005, 03:39 AM #3
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    он чокнутый
    он свихнулся/рехнулся etc..
    у него крыша съехала.
    у него не все дома.
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  4. December 20th, 2005, 05:56 AM #4
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    Продолжим ряд:
    - стукнутый
    - звезданутый
    - больной на всю голову
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  5. December 23rd, 2005, 04:15 PM #5
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    Хм, а как же главное слово, е*анутый?

    *=б
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  6. December 23rd, 2005, 05:47 PM #6
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    Crazy as a Russian
    Ingenting kan stoppa mig
    In Post-Soviet Russia internet porn downloads YOU!
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  7. December 24th, 2005, 03:15 PM #7
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    Crazy as (a) TATY?
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».
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  8. December 25th, 2005, 10:56 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Crazy as (a) TATY?
    No one is crazy as me.
    Ingenting kan stoppa mig
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  9. December 26th, 2005, 03:59 PM #9
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  10. December 26th, 2005, 06:57 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by net surfer
    Хм, а как же главное слово, е*анутый?

    *=б
    Oh yeah!! That's my favorite word!


    TATY, how do you know that no one is as crazy as you?
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  11. December 26th, 2005, 07:25 PM #11
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    What's the best way to say this in Russian?

    "All over the place like a mad womans breakfast."
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  12. December 26th, 2005, 07:43 PM #12
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    Смешались в кучу кони, люди...

    Probably like:
    - Кавардак
    - Как Мамай прошёл
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