🍺 EVERYDAY LIFE · intermediate · colloquial

🤖 Literally, in English

“A naked man is not afraid of robbery.”

Голому розбій не страшний. Holomu rozbiy ne strashnyy

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“You can't lose what you haven't got.”

also: “When you have nothing, you have nothing to fear.” · “There's nothing left for them to take.”

📖 Meaning
A person with nothing left has nothing to be afraid of losing.
💡 Why it's funny
The literal version supplies a whole scene: a completely naked man watching robbers approach with total serenity.
🧭 Closest English idiom
“You can't get blood out of a stone.”
📝 Explanation
Said with dark humour about your own situation — an empty bank account, a job you were about to quit anyway, a deal that cannot get worse.

🧠 Learn

  • have nothing to lose (phrase) — to be in a position where no risk can make things worse — нічого втрачати “Apply for it — you have nothing to lose.”
  • afraid of (adjective) — frightened of something — боятися чогось “He's not afraid of losing the contract.”

🗣 In context

Хай перевіряють, у нас однаково нічого немає. Голому розбій не страшний.

Let them audit us, there's nothing there anyway. You can't lose what you haven't got.

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Questions people ask

What does “A naked man is not afraid of robbery.” mean?

A person with nothing left has nothing to be afraid of losing.

How do you say «Голому розбій не страшний.» in English?

Naturally: “You can't lose what you haven't got.”. The closest English idiom is “You can't get blood out of a stone.”.

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