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More from "Russian idioms"

• не фонтан

  no great shakes, no gem

• на всякий пожарный

  just in case, in case of dire need

• ни петь, ни рисовать

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

• ходить налево

  (lit. - to go to the left)

  to be unfaithful, to cheat on

• собаку съесть на чём-либо

  ≈ to cut one's teeth on

• беситься с жиру

  (lit. - to be furious from being fat) to be unsatisfied without any reasons, to be too well off for one's own good

• кузнец своего счастья

  architect of one's own fortune (lit. - a smith of your own's happiness)

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

  to gossip, to discuss someone behind his back (lit. - to wash the bones)

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