old wives' fables

In Russian, the phrase бабьих басен (bab’ikh basen) or “old wives’ tales” is widely used as an idiom in every-day life , typically referring to nonsense. The wording of the quote originated in the Russian Synodal Bible (publ. 1876). (Source: Reznikov 2020, p. 87)

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