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More from "Russian idioms"

• нужен, как собаке пятая нога

  describes unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

• играть на нервах

  to get on one's nerves

• ежу понятно

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

• сборная солянка

  hotchpotch, hodgepodge, a mix of something

• как ваше ничего?

  how are you doing?

• взяться за ум

  to come to one's senses, to become / grow reasonable

• ни в зуб ногой

  ≈ he doesn't know beans about it

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