յուղ վառել

Armenian

Etymology

Literally, "to burn oil".

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [juʁ vɑrél]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [juʁ vɑrél]

Verb

յուղ վառել • (yuġ vaṙel)

(idiomatic, slang) to engage in empty talk, to beat around the bush
Synonym: ջուր ծեծել (ǰur cecel)

Further reading

Bediryan, Petros (2011) “յուղ վառել”, in Hayeren darjvackʻneri əndarjak bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Comprehensive explanatory dictionary of Armenian idioms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press

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