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• делать из мухи слона

  (lit. - to make an elephant out of a fly) to exaggerate, ~to make a mountain out of a molehill

• ни в одном глазу

  (lit. - not in one eye) sober as a judge

• губа не дура

  lit.: the lip is not stupid Said about a person who knows what he/she wants and dreams big.

• сделать ноги

  to run away, to disappear, to vanish

• разнести в пух и прах

  lit: to smash to dawn and dust to win a victory over someone

• песок сыпется

  lit. - the sand is pouring; the phrase is used to sarcastically describe aging people, mostly men

• оказалось, что не казалось

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

• души не чаять

  to worship; to dote (upon); to adore

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