'PULL WOOL OVER EYES / FILL HEAD WITH BULLSHIT / TELL IT TO MARINES / etc'. Russian Analogs of Slang
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Date: 03/08/2020

PAY ATTENTION! All these phrases are 100% true Russian very popular idioms, which in their meaning coincide with such English sayings as:
Don`t pull the wool over my eyes!
Don`t play head games with me!
To lead down the garden path
To give a long song and dance
To pull someone`s leg
Stop messing me around!
Stop fill my head with bullshit!
Tell it to marines! / Tell it to sweety! and similar

NE VESHAI LAPSHU NA-USHI ! / 
НЕ ВЕШАЙ ЛАПШУ НА УШИ ! 
Direct translation is 'Don`t hang noodles (pasta) on the ears!'

CHO-TY MNE LAPSHU NA-USHI VESHAYESH ? / 
ЧО ТЫ МНЕ ЛАПШУ НА УШИ ВЕШАЕШЬ ? 
Direct translation is 'Why are you hanging noodles on my ears?'
(why are you lying to me?)

NE PUDRI MAZGI ! / НЕ ПУДРИ МОЗГИ ! 
Direct translation is 'Don`t powder the brains!'

GAVARI, DA NE ZAGAVARIVAYSA ! / 
ГОВОРИ, ДА НЕ ЗАГОВАРИВАЙСЯ ! 
Direct translation is 'Speak, but not overspeak!'

TY MNE ZUBY NE ZAGAVARIVAI ! / 
ТЫ МНЕ ЗУБЫ НЕ ЗАГОВАРИВАЙ ! 
Direct translation is 'Don`t speak with my teeth!'

As you already understood, the meaning of all these expressions means to deceive / trick someone and, accordingly, an appeal not to lie and not to cheat.

Since this is 100 percent slang, these phrases are usually used in private conversations, sometimes in a half-joking tone (e.g. in conversation with friends). You see that all these expressions cannot be translated and taken literally, as otherwise it results in 'Bullshit and Porkies' :-)
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