ничего себе in Russian

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "ничего (ničevo) + себе (sebe)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ничего́ себе́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ničevó sebé",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ничёсе",
      "roman": "ničóse",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ничо́се",
      "roman": "ničóse",
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        "alternative",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ничо́си",
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "glosses": [
        "wow!"
      ],
      "id": "en-ничего_себе-ru-intj-76EVKA7t",
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        [
          "wow",
          "wow"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) wow!"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "váu",
          "word": "ва́у"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ogó",
          "word": "ого́"
        },
        {
          "roman": "úx ty",
          "word": "у́х ты"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nu ty dajóšʹ",
          "word": "ну ты даёшь"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ни хуя́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни хера́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни черта́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни фига́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни хрена́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни шиша́ себе́"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[nʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvo sʲɪˌbʲe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ничего себе"
}

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  "etymology_text": "ничего (ničevo) + себе (sebe)",
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      "form": "ničevo sebe",
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    },
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      "form": "ничёсе",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ничо́се",
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      "form": "ничо́си",
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        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
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        {
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          "english": "I haven't allowed myself anything since.",
          "ref": "1999, Кио, Игорь Эмильевич, Иллюзии без иллюзий:",
          "roman": "S tex por, v obščem, ničevo sebe ne pozvoljaju.",
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        "nothing to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself"
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          "myself",
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          "yourself",
          "yourself"
        ],
        [
          "himself",
          "himself"
        ],
        [
          "herself",
          "herself"
        ],
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          "itself",
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        ],
        [
          "ourselves",
          "ourselves"
        ],
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          "yourselves",
          "yourselves"
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          "themselves",
          "themselves"
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          "oneself",
          "oneself"
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        "(literal) nothing to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself"
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      "ipa": "[nʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvo sʲɪˌbʲe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ничего себе"
}

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  "etymology_text": "ничего (ničevo) + себе (sebe)",
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      "form": "ничёсе",
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "váu",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "ogó",
      "word": "ого́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "úx ty",
      "word": "у́х ты"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nu ty dajóšʹ",
      "word": "ну ты даёшь"
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        "wow!"
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        "(colloquial) wow!"
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        {
          "word": "ни хуя́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни хера́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни черта́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни фига́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни хрена́ себе́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ни шиша́ себе́"
        }
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      "ipa": "[nʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvo sʲɪˌbʲe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ничего себе"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "ничего (ničevo) + себе (sebe)",
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    {
      "form": "ничо́се",
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          "english": "I haven't allowed myself anything since.",
          "ref": "1999, Кио, Игорь Эмильевич, Иллюзии без иллюзий:",
          "roman": "S tex por, v obščem, ničevo sebe ne pozvoljaju.",
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        "nothing to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself"
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          "myself"
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          "yourself",
          "yourself"
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          "himself",
          "himself"
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          "herself",
          "herself"
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          "itself",
          "itself"
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          "ourselves",
          "ourselves"
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          "yourselves",
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          "themselves",
          "themselves"
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          "oneself",
          "oneself"
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        "(literal) nothing to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvo sʲɪˌbʲe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ничего себе"
}

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"ничего себе" meaning in Russian

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