без царя в голове

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• попасться на удочку

  to swallow the bait, to fall for the bait

• оказалось, что не казалось

  it turned out it didn't seem (popular expression)

• вертеться на языке

  lit.: to spin on the tongue When something is "spinning on your tongue", it means you are desperately trying to remember someone's name, a word or expression, but it does not pop up in your memory.

• кидать камень в огород

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

• кошкины слёзы

  (lit. - cat's tears) very little of nothing

• раскатать губу

  to feel one's mouth watering, to get ready to grab, to think that something is up for grabs (lit: to roll out / roll up the lip)

• тараканы в голове

  lit: cockroaches in the head We say that everyone has his own cockroaches in the head. The more cockroaches there is, the more strange the person is.

• заморить червячка

  to satisfy a little hunger, to have a bite

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