к гадалке не ходи

More from "Russian idioms"

• жевать сопли

  to mumble, hum and haw, to procrastinate, to be slow, to linger

• курить бамбук

  to do nothing, to idle

• в час по чайной ложке

  (lit. - a teaspoon per hour) describes something that is very slow

• с замиранием сердца

  with a sinking heart

• запахло жареным

  one smells trouble; there's danger in the air; it looks like they've got me (you etc ); it looks like the jig is up.

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

• кто во что горазд

  everybody does what he/she can/want

• 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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