Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Literally, “we (are talking) about the wolf”, with the verb implied but left unexpressed, an ellipsis of mi o vuku a vuk na vrata (literally we(’re talking) about the wolf and the wolf is at the door).

Proverb

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mi o vuku (Cyrillic spelling ми о вуку)

  1. speak of the devil