лезть из кожи вон

More from "Russian idioms"

• не лезть ни в какие ворота

  this is going too far, this is totally out of place

• 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)

• коту (псу) под хвост

  ~ down the drain

• утереть нос

  lit: to wipe one's nose to prove a superiority, to win a victory over someone

• в час по чайной ложке

  (lit. - a teaspoon per hour) describes something that is very slow

• вагон и маленькая тележка

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

• упасть на голову / выпасть на голову / свалиться на голову

  ~ to fall upon someone's head (about problems, troubles etc.)

• яблоку негде упасть

  there's not no room to swing a cat

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