ходить по струнке

More from "Russian idioms"

• на всякий пожарный

  just in case, in case of dire need

• с замиранием сердца

  with a sinking heart

• уши развешивать

  to be credulous, gullible

• держаться на соплях

  ≈ to hold on by a hair

• беситься с жиру

  (lit. - to be furious from being fat) to be unsatisfied without any reasons, to be too well off for one's own good

• душа не лежит

  (lit.) the soul does not lie (toward something or to do something); used when someone does not want to do something

• сборная солянка

  hotchpotch, hodgepodge, a mix of something

• на безрыбье и рак рыба

  beggars can't be choosers; in a pinch anything will do; any port in a storm (lit. - when no fish even a crayfish is a fish)

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