притянуть за уши

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “to pull by the ears”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪtʲɪˈnud͡zʲ‿ˈza‿ʊʂɨ]

Verb

притяну́ть за́ уши • (pritjanútʹ zá uši) pf (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).

Conjugation

Conjugation of притянуть за уши: see притяну́ть

Derived terms

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