на всякий пожарный

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• считать ворон

  to loaf, to day-dream

• стрелять глазами

  to make eyes (at), to give the glad eye

• закон подлости

  sod's law

• ни в одном глазу

  (lit. - not in one eye) sober as a judge

• приказать долго жить

  (lit. to command to live long) to pass away (to break if about the things)

• не прошло и полгода

  even half a year haven't passed yet (since you started doing something and finally finished)

• только через мой труп!

  over my dead body!

• выше крыши

  (lit. - above the roof) much, many, a lot, well enough

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