кузнец своего счастья

More from "Russian idioms"

• встать не с той ноги

  (lit. - to get up from the wrong foot)

  ~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone moody)

• на своём горбу

  by the sweat of one's brow

• заткнуть за пояс

  lit: to stick behind the belt to prove your superiority over someone

• идёт как корове седло

  it's like putting a saddle on a cow, it looks like a clown suit (on)

• сделать ноги

  to run away, to disappear, to vanish

• на безрыбье и рак рыба

  beggars can't be choosers; in a pinch anything will do; any port in a storm (lit. - when no fish even a crayfish is a fish)

• под завязку

  a lot, heaps (of something)

• прийти к шапочному разбору

  arrive when everyone else is already leaving

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