мандраж

More from "Common Russian phrases"

• вкалывать

  to work hard

• с него станется

  you can expect this from him

  The expression is used after describing an action that has a negative connotation. It implies that a decent and good person would not do such an action, but the person mentioned could easily do it.

  also:
  с тебя станется, с них станется, etc.

• вообще

  in general, generally (speaking), altogether, on the whole

• была не была

  oh, what the hell!

• помешаться

  to go crazy, to lose one's wits

• то бишь

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

• телефон разрывается

  the phone is ringing non-stop

• не мудрствуя лукаво

  without sophistry, without contrivance, without deceiving oneself by wise arguments, without making any cardinal changes

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