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More from "Russian idioms"

• с приветом

  wacko, crazy (lit. with a hello)

• не все дома

  not all there, a bit off, nutty, crazy (lit. not everybody is at home)

• упасть на голову / выпасть на голову / свалиться на голову

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

• не прошло и полгода

  even half a year haven't passed yet (since you started doing something and finally finished)

• ходить по струнке

  (lit. - to walk on a string) to totally obey someone, to do everything he/her says

• сколько лет, сколько зим

  lit. 'how many summers, how many winters', means 'long time no see'.

• ежу понятно

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

• 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)

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