мало ли чего ты хочешь
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You're asking for too much.)) (?)
Aren't you asking for too much? (?)
It doesn't matter what you want?
You wish
Instead of guesses, we need snippets.
- Мне дали хорошую премию за рационализаторское предложение. На что мы, по-твоему, должны её потратить?
- Ой, как здорово! Наконец исполнится моя мечта - я так хочу норковую шубу!
- Мало ли чего ты хочешь.... Нам ипотеку ещё 20 лет гасить, да и машина скоро развалится - нужно новую покупать. Так что без норковой шубы как-нибудь проживёшь, пока не разбогатеем.
the phrase is pretty clear in Russian. It doesn't require anything else to understand. Basically, it's used when someone is wishing something but the speaker will respond with this phrase underlining that your wish/desire is not important or hardly possible. This phrase in Russian also has a bit of diminishing effect. If you said so that means you really don't care what the person wishes/desired.
Now, when I explained, maybe you will have something in mind?
= ты слишком много хочешь!
Или сленговое : "закатай губу" - перестань мечтать о несбыточном.
- They gave me a nice bonus for my (??). What do you think we should spend it on?
- Oh, that's great! Finally my dream’s going to come true - I want a mink coat so bad!
- Who cares what you want/And you can KEEP dreaming/What YOU want is inconsequential/.... We still have another 20 years to pay on the mortgage and the car’s on its last leg - we need to buy a new one. So I think you can make do without the mink coat until we strike it rich.
Russ, to you, EVERYTHING is “pretty clear” - the trick is making it clear to ME so I can explain it 😅
the car’s on its last leg - haha, it`s very very funny
😉
That's why I added the explanation.
Snippets are the best way to do that. Regardless of our language, we all share the same experiences and snippets provide that necessary context.
Класс!))
Рационализаторский - labor-saving, making the work more efficient.
Who cares what YOU want/You can want all you want - не слишком ли много ты хочешь/закатай губу (Олли))
And you can keep dreaming - мечтать не вредно.
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