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МЕЛИ, ЕМЁЛЯ, ТВОЯ НЕДЕЛЯ (sayingoften used in the abbreviated form «Мели, Емеля») (said mockingly or sarcastically) you can talk as much as you want, but nobody takes what you say seriously: - keep (go right on) talking, (but) nobody' listeningtalk all you like, but don't expect us to take you seriouslyanything you saysure, keep (go right on) talkingyeah, right.
...Мели» is the imperative of «молоть», "to grind." «Емеля» is a diminutive of the male name «Емельян». Formerly, in peasant families in Russia there was a weekly alternation of certain household chores among family members. One such chore was grinding flour.

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