Archive for June, 2010

a colloquial expression “ниже плинтуса”

This expression is used to emphasize a very low level of something. It may mean somebody’s bad mood or somebody’s disrespect of another person.

The literal meaning is “below the plinth”.

Some examples of what can be “ниже плинтуса”:
somebody’s mood;
somebody’s authority or status; Read the full text »

2 Russian slang words about disclosure

Colloquial Russian language has a couple of words about disclosure: “спалить” and “пропалить”. Their meaning is almost the same and it is close to this: to discover the truth, to discover the information.

“спалить”
To discover somebody’s secret, to disclose somebody’s shady dealings, especially by seeing something what a person(s) is(are) doing. To see the process itself or the immediate result. Sometimes it may mean “to make public”.
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recent down time

I am sorry for the recent down time.
The site was blocked by the hosting provider because of a virus. Now the site is cleaned and recovered.
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