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More from "Russian idioms"

• тебя только за смертью посылать

  approximately: you are good only when sent to call the death (i.e. it takes you too long to do things, ~ I could grow old)

• с этим надо переспать

  one need to sleep it over

• у него семь пятниц на неделе

  he keeps changing his mind, he's got a mind like a butterfly, he can never settle on anything

• ума не приложу

  I have no idea, I haven't the slightest idea, I'm at my wits end

• отбиться от рук

  throw aside all restraint, let oneself go

• быть в мыле

  to be very busy, to hurry, to run around

• наворачивать круги

  to walk or drive in circles

• вагон и маленькая тележка

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

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