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Hi, comrades! You remember my earlier posts about: 🔻Дело в шляпе 🔻Напихать полную панамку? But have you ever heard someone being called Эх, ты, шляпа! ? It sounds strange, right? • Эх, ты, шляпа! [ekh ty shlya-pa] Oh, you, hat! Meaning: You are clumsy, slow, absent-minded. Someone who misses opportunities or messes things up. 🔥Also: • Прошляпить (perf.) [prash-lya-pit'] Conjugation Meaning: To miss something important. To overlook. To let an opportunity slip away. Examples: • Ты ещё не прошляпил последний шанс выучить русский язык! You haven't missed the last chance to learn Russian! Origin: The word came into Russian slang straight from Yiddish and is a distorted form of the German verb schlafen (to sleep). And шляпа, accordingly, means sleepyhead, gaping person. 😉 Don't be a шляпа. Don't прошляпь an opportunity to learn some more Russian from me! Natalie with 💓 #spoken_Russian #phraseology 🟠RCR | Support | Boost