All Slavic languages: Etymology of slon/слон - WordReference Forums
Mar 8, 2011 · Hello According to Wiktionary, the etymology of slon/слон and its various other Slavic cognates goes through Proto-Slavic *slonъ with the possible origin being a "medieval story of …
proverbs with the elephant - WordReference Forums
Nov 17, 2011 · I can think of two in Russian: Слон в посудной лавке /slon v posudnoy lavke/ - Bull in the china shop (lit. elephant in the dishes shop) Делать из мухи слона /delat iz mukhi slona/ - Make …
As welcome as a dog in a game of skittles (not welcome, unwelcome)
Apr 26, 2007 · In Russian we say слон в посудной лавке /slon v posudnoy lavke/ (elephant in a china shop), but the meaning is different, it is someone who lacks finesse (literally or figuratively), not …
To walk into an elephant trap - Use of idiom - WordReference Forums
Jul 1, 2010 · As regards chess, I think the reason for the name is uncertain, but one explanation which seems plausible to me is that the piece known as the bishop in Russian (slon) means an elephant . …
like a bull in a china shop | WordReference Forums
Sep 9, 2007 · How would you say this in your langauge please? What would be its literal translation into English? I've noticed that some languages use different types of animals and shops. In Polish we …