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More from "Russian idioms"

• как корова на льду

  lit. - as a cow on ice describes awkward or clumsy walking / movement

• натыкаться на грабли

  ~ to cause a backlash, to drop a brick (lit. - to stumble on a rake)

• мчаться сломя голову

  to run headlong

• валять дурака

  to do nothing, to idle

• гора с плеч

  lit.: a mountain off the shoulders Describes the relief that people experience after getting rid of anxiety, concerns, or worries

• накрыться медным тазом

  (lit. - to cover with a copper basin), to fail, to go kaput, to get ruined

• пуд соли вместе съесть

  (lit. - to eat a pood of salt with somebody) to know a person for a while and very well

• делать из мухи слона

  to exaggerate, ~to make a mountain out of a molehill

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