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More from "Common Russian phrases"

• легко!

  Easy!

• то бишь

  old vashioned variant of "то есть" = i.e.

• даже не заикайся

  lit. 'don't even stutter', means 'do not even start talking about it'

• наводка

  hint (lit. laying, training, aiming)

• быть без ума

  to be out of one's mind for something of somebody

• как огурчик

  ≈ as good as new, in prime condition, fresh as a daisy

• от слова совсем

  (lit. - from the word "at all") incorrect phrase that is used by young (and not only young) people to emphasize the absence of something

• врасплох

  unawares, by surprise

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