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Sentence #1349601

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CK CK October 20, 2013 October 20, 2013 at 6:32:27 AM UTC link Permalink

Annotation:

(sarcastic) said as a retort to someone saying hey (any sense of the interjection), used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.

Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hay_is_for_horses

ddnktr ddnktr April 17, 2023 April 17, 2023 at 4:51:44 PM UTC link Permalink

@marafon

Would this work as a non-literal translation?

На «эй» зовут лошадей.

https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/...B4%D0%B5%D0%B9

marafon marafon April 17, 2023 April 17, 2023 at 6:19:16 PM UTC link Permalink

It looks like a good match. However, I've never heard this expression before.

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Hay is for horses.

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