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Petr Blinnikovasked for translation 4 года назад
How to translate? (ru-en)

мало ли чего ты хочешь

User translations (4)

  1. 1.

    you can want all you want

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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  2. 2.

    Who cares what YOU want.

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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  3. 3.

    It’s not about what YOU want.

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  4. 4.

    What YOU want is inconsequential.

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Discussion (18)

Russ Sadded a comment 4 года назад

It doesn't matter what you want?

Anna Annaadded a comment 4 года назад

You wish

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 года назад

Instead of guesses, we need snippets.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 года назад

- 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.

Russ Sadded a comment 4 года назад

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?

Андриолли 1added a comment 4 года назад

= ты слишком много хочешь!
Или сленговое : "закатай губу" - перестань мечтать о несбыточном.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 года назад

- 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.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 года назад

Russ, to you, EVERYTHING is “pretty clear” - the trick is making it clear to ME so I can explain it 😅

Андриолли 1added a comment 4 года назад

the car’s on its last leg - haha, it`s very very funny

Russ Sadded a comment 4 года назад

That's why I added the explanation.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 года назад

Snippets are the best way to do that. Regardless of our language, we all share the same experiences and snippets provide that necessary context.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 года назад

Класс!))
Рационализаторский - labor-saving, making the work more efficient.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 года назад

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.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 года назад

👍🏼

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