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More from "Russian idioms"

• упасть на голову

  ~ to fall upon someone's head (about problems, troubles etc.)

• попутного ветра

  lit: fair/tail wind a wish to sailors to have good journey, but it can also be used in everyday life as a wish "all the best" and "good luck" in business and other endeavors

• валять дурака

  to do nothing, to idle

• встать не с той ноги

  ~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone being moody)

• днём с огнём не сыщешь

  very difficult or impossible to find

• вагон и маленькая тележка

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

• выса́сывать из па́льца

  to make up out of whole cloth, to fabricate, to concoct

• 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

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