No. 12,417 in Russian
кашей
The word "кашей" is the genitive or instrumental singular form of "каша," which means "porridge" in English.
In a sentence
На завтрак мы ели кашу из гречки.
For breakfast, we ate buckwheat porridge.
Here, 'кашу' ('кашей') denotes cooked porridge as food.
Ты ведешь себя как будто у тебя в голове каша.
You behave as if you have porridge in your head.
In this case, 'каша' refers metaphorically to confusion or disorder in thought.
После урока они начали делать кашу из заданий.
After the lesson, they started making a mess of the assignments.
Here, 'каша' is used metaphorically to indicate a mess or confusion resulting from poor organization.
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