губа не дура

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• денег куры не клюют

  ~ to roll in money

• два сапога пара

  said about people that are alike in many ways, usually implying negative qualities

• белые пятна

  white spots, something unknown

• встать не с той ноги

  ~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone being moody)

• трещать по швам

  (lit.) to burst at the seams to be in a state of complete decline, to fall apart, to collapse; (also about clothing) to be too tight to the wearer

• 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

• стрелять глазами

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

• после дождичка в четверг

  ~ when hell freezes over

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