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More from "Russian idioms"

• водить за нос

  to make a fool of somebody

• темно, хоть глаз выколи

  (lit. - so dark you can even prick my eye out) it is pitch-dark

• вагон и маленькая тележка

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

• наворачивать круги

  to walk or drive in circles

• 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)

• конь не валялся

  ~ and not a bone in the track

• с корабля на бал

  from the ship to the ball (comes from the verse of Pushkin); means fast change of circumstancies

• к гадалке не ходи

  it's obvious (lit. - do not go to a fortune-teller)

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