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More from "Russian idioms"

• не оставить камня на камне

  lit: not to leave a stone on a stone to win a complete victory

• анекдот с бородой

  anecdote with a beard, i.e. a very old anecdote

• лезть из кожи вон

  ~ to go all out, to bend over backwards (lit: to crawl out of one's skin)

• шито белыми нитками

  lit: sewn with white threads used to characterize poorly concealed lies

• стрелять глазами

  to make eyes (at), to give the glad eye

• как корова на льду

  lit. - as a cow on ice describes awkward or clumsy walking / movement

• кидать камень в огород

  (lit.) to throw a stone at someone's garden to hint at someone with a negative connotation

• в мохнатом году

  (lit.) in the hairy year a long time ago

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