коту (псу) под хвост

More from "Russian idioms"

• когда рак на горе свистнет

  ~ when hell freezes over (lit. - when a crayfish wistles on the mountain)

• сборная солянка

  hotchpotch, hodgepodge, a mix of something

• на всю катушку

  very loud, to the fullest, at a full scale

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

• ежу понятно

  it's obvious, it's clear (lit. - it's clear to a hedgehog)

• яблоку негде упасть

  there's not no room to swing a cat

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

  describes something unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

• тебя только за смертью посылать

  approximately: you are good only when sent to call the death (i.e. it takes you too long to do things, ~ I could grow old)

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