плющить и колбасить

12:41 Dec 8, 2014
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Russian term or phrase: плющить и колбасить
Бывает, спросишь у человека: "Ну и как все было?", а он в ответ: "Да нормально. И плющило там, и колбасило..." А на самом деле он не в состоянии полностью осознать те события, которые с ним происходили, опыт, который он получил.
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4to be on a roller coaster
Maria Sometti (Anishchankava)


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to be on a roller coaster


Explanation:
If I would want to highlight the fact that there were ups and downs, that someone's mood was not even, I would probably use this one.

p.s. for slang expressions of this kind I usually check with urban dictionary ;-) see links below



    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Roller+Coaste...
    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Roller-Coaste...
Maria Sometti (Anishchankava)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in BelarusianBelarusian
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