в Греции всё есть

Russian

Etymology

Literally, "Greece has everything." From the film Сва́дьба (Svádʹba, “Wedding”), based on the vaudeville Сва́дьба (Svádʹba, “Wedding”) (1890) by Anton Chekhov (1860–1904): the Greek pastry chef Dymba (played by Osip Abdulov), who was invited to the wedding, answered all of the bride's father's endless and repetitive questions («А в Гре́ции есть...?» («A v Grécii jestʹ...?», “But does Greece have it...?”)) with the same phrase: «Есть, есть... В Гре́ции всё есть» («Jestʹ, jestʹ... V Grécii vsjo jestʹ», “It does, it does... Greece has everything.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌv‿ɡrʲet͡sɨɪ ˈfsʲɵ jesʲtʲ]

Phrase

в Гре́ции всё есть • (v Grécii vsjo jestʹ)

1. (humorous) Used to jokingly suggest that it is no wonder something exists in a certain place, because it is a place of abundance.

   — Ого́! Я не знал, что у вас там есть тако́й музе́й. — У нас, как в Гре́ции, есть всё.

   — Ohó! Ja ne znal, što u vas tam jestʹ takój muzéj. — U nas, kak v Grécii, jestʹ vsjo.

   — Wow! I didn't know you had a museum like that there. — Like Greece, we have everything.