послать на три буквы

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “to send onto the three letters”. Euphemism of посла́ть на́ хуй (poslátʹ ná xuj, “to tell (someone) to fuck off”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐsˈɫatʲ nɐ‿ˈtrʲi ˈbukvɨ]

Verb

посла́ть на три бу́квы • (poslátʹ na tri búkvy) pf (imperfective посыла́ть на три бу́квы)

  1. (transitive, informal, euphemistic) to send (someone) packing, to tell (someone) to F off
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