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More from "Russian idioms"

• носить под сердцем

  (lit. - to carry under the heart) to be pregnant

• наплести с три короба

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

• ходить налево

  (lit. - to go to the left)

  to be unfaithful, to cheat on

• откладывать в долгий ящик

  to postpone, to delay

• дырявые руки

  (lit.: holey hands) her/his fingers are all thumbs (about a clumsy person)

• врать с три короба

  tell a bunch of lies

• кошкины слёзы

  (lit. - cat's tears) very little of nothing

• на всякий пожарный

  just in case, in case of dire need

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