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More from "Russian idioms"

• бить баклуши

  to do nothing, to idle

• работа кипит

  ~ work is in full swing

• жаба душит

  lit. - toad strangles; about a greedy or stingy person

• от зубов отскакивает

  (lit. - it bounces off the teeth) learnt by heart

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

  to gossip, to discuss someone behind his back (lit. - to wash the bones)

• не по зубам

  too hard for smb

• стрелять глазами

  to make eyes (at), to give the glad eye

• муха укусила

  (lit. - what kind of fly has bit you?)

  Usually sounds like "кака́я му́ха тебя́/его́/её укуси́ла?". Used to talk about someone in a bad mood or behaving strangely.

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