на всякий пожарный

More from "Russian idioms"

• часы погоду показывают

  (lit. the watch shows the weather) the watch is faulty

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

• ходить налево

  (lit. - to go to the left)

  to be unfaithful, to cheat on

• у него семь пятниц на неделе

  he keeps changing his mind, he's got a mind like a butterfly, he can never settle on anything

• шито белыми нитками

  lit: sewn with white threads used to characterize poorly concealed lies

• пуд соли вместе съесть

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

• не прошло и полгода

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

• попасться на удочку

  to swallow the bait, to fall for the bait

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