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More from "Russian idioms"

• вдоль и поперёк

  far and wide

• дело с концом

  that's it, end of story

• анекдот с бородой

  anecdote with a beard, i.e. a very old anecdote

• всеми фибрами души

  (lit: with all fibers of soul) very much

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

• откуда ветер дует

  lit: where the wind blows from what is the cause/reason of the problem/events

• развязаны руки

  to have one's hands unties

• кузнец своего счастья

  architect of one's own fortune (lit. - a smith of your own's happiness)

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