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Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: ничево́ себе)
Etymology 1
ничего (ničevo) + себе (sebe)
Interjection
ничего́ себе́ • (ničevó sebé)
- (colloquial) wow!
- Synonyms: (vulgar) ни хуя́ себе́ (ni xujá sebé), (vulgar) ни хера́ себе́ (ni xerá sebé), (crude) ни черта́ себе́ (ni čertá sebé), (crude) ни фига́ себе́ (ni figá sebé), (crude) ни хрена́ себе́ (ni xrená sebé), (crude) ни шиша́ себе́ (ni šišá sebé)
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Etymology 2
ничего (ničevo) + себе (sebe)
- (literal) nothing to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself
1999, Кио, Игорь Эмильевич, Иллюзии без иллюзий:С тех пор, в общем, ничего себе не позволяю.- S tex por, v obščem, ničevo sebe ne pozvoljaju.
- I haven't allowed myself anything since.