лезть из кожи вон

More from "Russian idioms"

• откуда ветер дует

  lit: where the wind blows from what is the cause/reason of the problem/events

• не солоно хлебавши

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

• залить за воротник

  to have a drink (alcohol)

• в печёнках (сидеть)

  to annoy, to pester, to bore, to bother

• раскатать губу

  to feel one's mouth watering, to get ready to grab, to think that something is up for grabs (lit: to roll out / roll up the lip)

• врать с три короба

  tell a bunch of lies

• чёрт ногу сломит

  there is no making head or tail of it

• сбоку-припёку

  redundant, needless, quite unnecessary, to be (sit) on the sidelines, to do something without apparent cause, to play a subordinate (minor) part

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