заправлять арапа

Russian

Alternative forms

  • заливать арапа (zalivatʹ arapa)

Verb

заправля́ть ара́па • (zapravljátʹ arápa) impf

  1. (dated, slang) to pretend, to bullshit, to fake
    • 1976, “Алёша, ша!”, performed by A.Severny:
      Ах, генерал, ах чик-чирик,
      бери на полутона ниже,
      брось арапа заправлять.
      Ax, general, ax čik-čirik,
      beri na polutona niže,
      brosʹ arapa zapravljatʹ.
      Ah, general [head of a gang of young criminals], ah chirp-chirp,
      keep your voice half way down,
      stop pretending (to be a big guy)
  2. to pretend to be a bad cardplayer in order to attract a less-experienced player and eventually win over him
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