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    Russian to English translation help

    Whats the meaning in English?

    Esli ti ne mozhesh,luchshe pryamo skazat,chem prosto poteryatsya,eto ne krasivo...Ya zhe chelovek,ponyat smogu.V lyubom sluchae,ya zhdu otveta....

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    Re: Russian to English translation help

    Quote Originally Posted by EasyGoingGuy
    Whats the meaning in English?

    Esli ti ne mozhesh,luchshe pryamo skazat,chem prosto poteryatsya,eto ne krasivo...Ya zhe chelovek,ponyat smogu.V lyubom sluchae,ya zhdu otveta....
    If you can't, it's better to say it straight away than just to get lost somewhere. That's not good. I'm a human being after all, I can understand that. At any case, I'm awaiting your reply.
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    In a bit smoother, if less direct translation:
    "If you can't, just straight up tell me, dawg, instead of beating around the bush like that. That ain't cool, dawg. Do I look like a dog? No, I'm a human being after all, so I can understand you just find EZ-diddy. Anyways, hook me up with an answer, because I'm getting very impatient."
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    To beat around the bush means not saying directly about the problem, doesn't it?

    The point is that потерялся - i think - means dissappeared here. (I mean to get out of touch).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    To beat around the bush means not saying directly about the problem, doesn't it?

    The point is that потерялся - i think - means dissappeared here. (I mean to get out of touch).

    P.S. I could write a novel about the EasyGG's love story by now
    I think you're right, Ramil. If it has the reflexive -ся, I would say it would be better to say "...it's better to just say, rather than lose touch with me." I thought it was more like "wasting (my time)" when I first read it.

    And yeah, "to beat around the bush" means to waste time/to stall/to not just come out and say what you mean. There's another one too, though не так вежливое: "to bullsh*t".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Бармалей
    There's another one too, though не так вежливое: "to bullsh*t".
    I've always had fun with that word
    What awful thing did the poor beast (bull) do to get so dubious a fame

    Why not cow's, for example?
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    to beat around the bush = ходить вокруг да около
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