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More from "Russian idioms"

• пинать балду

  to do nothing, to idle

• ни в одном глазу

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

• тараканы в голове

  lit: cockroaches in the head We say that everyone has his own cockroaches in the head. The more cockroaches there is, the more strange the person is.

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

• разнести в пух и прах

  lit: to smash to dawn and dust to win a victory over someone

• наплести с три короба

  to talk a lot of nonsense, to tell tales, to gossip

• уши развешивать

  to be credulous, gullible

• как рыба в воде

  like a fish in the water: means to feel at ease, to feel completely at home

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