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More from "Russian idioms"

• души не чаять

  to worship; to dote (upon); to adore

• днём с огнём (не найти, не сыщешь)

  (lit. - can't find during the day time with fire/torch) it's very difficult or impossible to find something

• полная чаша

  wealth, plenty of everything

• лезть из кожи вон

  ~ to go all out, to bend over backwards (lit: to crawl out of one's skin)

• не солоно хлебавши

  to get nothing for one's pains, to come away none the wiser

• сыт по горло (чем-либо)

  to be fed up (with)

• вагон и маленькая тележка

  a car and a little truck (meaning: a lot)

• собаку съесть на чём-либо

  ≈ to cut one's teeth on

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