притянуть за уши

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Russian

Etymology

Literally, to pull by the ears.

Pronunciation

Verb

притяну́ть за́ уши (pritjanútʹ zá ušipf (imperfective притя́гивать 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)
    Мо́жно притяну́ть за́ уши всё что уго́дно.Móžno pritjanútʹ zá uši vsjo što ugódno.You can bend anything (to fit a narrative).

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