притягивать за уши

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Russian

Etymology

Literally, to pull by the ears.

Pronunciation

Verb

притя́гивать за́ уши (pritjágivatʹ zá ušiimpf (perfective притяну́ть за́ уши)

  1. to stretch, to take (something) far, to misapply, (intransitively) to reach (to bend the reality of something to make it applicable to a certain situation)
    Ты притя́гиваешь (фа́кты) за́ уши.Ty pritjágivaješʹ (fákty) zá uši.You're reaching. / You're twisting the facts.

Conjugation