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• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

• как корова на льду

  lit. - as a cow on ice describes awkward or clumsy walking / movement

• ни в одном глазу

  (lit. - not in one eye) sober as a judge

• врать с три короба

  tell a bunch of lies

• собрать всю свою волю в кулак

  to get all one's strength together, to take one's courage in both hands

• прийти к шапочному разбору

  arrive when everyone else is already leaving

• коту (псу) под хвост

  ~ down the drain

• часы погоду показывают

  (lit. the watch shows the weather) the watch is faulty

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