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More from "Russian idioms"

• работа кипит

  ~ work is in full swing

• не фонтан

  no great shakes, no gem

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

  to gossip, to discuss someone behind his back (lit. - to wash the bones)

• как рыба в воде

  like a fish in the water: means to feel at ease, to feel completely at home

• выше крыши

  (lit. - above the roof) much, many, a lot, well enough

• идёт как корове седло

  it's like putting a saddle on a cow, it looks like a clown suit (on)

• ежу понятно

  it's obvious, it's clear (lit. - it's clear to a hedgehog)

• играть на нервах

  to get on one's nerves

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