Talk:Ni-be-ni-me-ni-cucurigu
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Isn't it from Russian "ни бе, ни ме, ни кукареку" (to understand nothing on the subject), as in the following example: "Он в математике ни бе, ни ме, ни кукареку" (He doesn't understand even a simple thing in mathematics).
The combination of seemingly nonsensical words makes sense in Russian, inasmuch as it is a quite famous idiom with the following word-by-word translation: "not baa, not maa*, not cock-a-doodle-doo", 'maa' here means another cry produced by sheep, apart from baa. This said, if a person lacks basic knowledge in something, you can easily use the idiom in hand to say that about her. --Dennis (1 Oct 2005)
- Seems likely to me. I was unfamiliar with that Russian expression (I have only the most minimal knowledge of any Slavic languages). I'll trust you on the explanation and get it into the article. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:24, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
- Twas me. --Dennis Valeev 09:45, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
