с какого перепугу

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, from what (kind of) fright, with перепу́г (perepúg) in partitive case.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: с како́во перепу́гу)

Phrase

с како́го перепу́гу (s kakóvo perepúgu)

  1. (colloquial) why on earth, why the hell
    Synonym: с како́й ста́ти (s kakój státi)
    С како́го перепу́гу ты реши́л, что э́то хоро́шая иде́я?S kakóvo perepúgu ty rešíl, što éto xoróšaja idéja?Why on earth did you decide that this was a good idea?