души не чаять

More from "Russian idioms"

• втирать очки

  to humbug somebody, to throw dust in somebody's eyes, to pull the wool over somebody's eyes

• анекдот с бородой

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

• цветёт и пахнет

  one blooms and smells (meaning somebody is feeling and looking good, and happy about themselves)

• с приветом

  wacko, crazy (lit. with a hello)

• с замиранием сердца

  with a sinking heart

• пойти́ пра́хом

  ~ to go to the dogs, to go to rack and ruin, to go phut

• попасться на удочку

  to swallow the bait, to fall for the bait

• 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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