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• ни петь, ни рисовать

  (lit. neither sing nor draw) to be unable to act, to be very drunk or too tired

• вешать лапшу на уши

  to tell lies

• держаться на соплях

  ≈ to hold on by a hair

• собаку съесть на чём-либо

  ≈ to cut one's teeth on

• сборная солянка

  hotchpotch, hodgepodge, a mix of something

• пинать балду

  to do nothing, to idle

• на всю катушку

  very loud, to the fullest, at a full scale

• грызть гранит науки

  to study diligently, to burn the midnight oil, to grind away at one's books

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