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More from "Russian idioms"

• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

• водить за нос

  to make a fool of somebody

• не лезть ни в какие ворота

  this is going too far, this is totally out of place

• с корабля на бал

  from the ship to the ball (comes from the verse of Pushkin); means fast change of circumstancies

• пинать балду

  to do nothing, to idle

• на своём горбу

  by the sweat of one's brow

• вагон и маленькая тележка

  a car and a little truck (meaning: a lot)

• вот где собака зарыта!

  вот где соба́ка зары́та!

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