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More from "Russian idioms"

• руки чешутся

  (lit. - the hands are itching) fingers itch У меня руки чешутся = I can't wait, I anticipate something.

• заговаривать зубы

  to distract somebody purposely by talking, to fool somebody with fine words, to fool somwbody with smooth talk

• водить за нос

  to make a fool of somebody

• 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)

• валять дурака

  to do nothing, to idle

• кот наплакал

  (lit. - a cat has cried out) very little of almost nothing

• держаться на соплях

  ≈ to hold on by a hair

• мчаться сломя голову

  to run headlong

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