горо́х

noun, masculine, inanimate, uncountable

rarely used word (top 9,000)

Usage info

при Царе Горохе: under Tsar Gorokh (a very long time ago) как об стенку горох: falling on deaf ears (literally: like peas [bouncing] off the wall)

Говори́, не говори́. Ему всё как об сте́нку горо́х.It makes no difference if you talk to him or not. One might as well talk to a brick wall.

Сыно́к, Христа́ ради, во сла́ву Испа́нии, ешь уже э́тот проклятый горо́х!For the love of Christ, son, for the glory of Spain, eat your goddamned peas!