🤖 Literally, in English
“For him the sea is knee-deep.”
Йому море по коліна. Yomu more po kolina
🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →
🇬🇧 What you'd actually say
“Nothing scares him.”
also: “He thinks he's invincible.” · “He's afraid of nothing.”
- 📖 Meaning
- Someone is reckless and afraid of nothing — often because they have had a drink.
- 💡 Why it's funny
- Reducing the sea to knee height is a beautifully compact way of describing overconfidence.
- 🧭 Closest English idiom
- No direct English equivalent. English has 'fearless' and 'thinks he's bulletproof', but the second is slang and the first is plain description. No standard English idiom shrinks an entire sea to knee height.
- 📝 Explanation
- Can be admiring or worried. Frequently used about the specific bravery that appears at the end of a party.
🧠 Learn
- reckless (adjective) — acting without thinking about danger — необачний, безрозсудний “That was a reckless decision.”
- overconfident (adjective) — too sure of your own ability — самовпевнений “He was overconfident and lost.”
🗣 In context
Після двох чарок йому море по коліна.
After two drinks nothing scares him.
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