у страха глаза велики

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “fear has big eyes”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊ‿ˈstraxə ɡɫɐˈza vʲɪlʲɪˈkʲi]

Proverb

у стра́ха глаза́ велики́ • (u stráxa glazá velikí)

  1. fear makes mountains out of molehills (fear distorts one's perception of reality and makes one see danger where there is little or none)
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