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More from "Russian idioms"

• гора с плеч

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

• держаться на соплях

  ≈ to hold on by a hair

• встать не с той ноги

  ~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone being moody)

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

  (lit.: to wash the bones) to gossip, to discuss someone behind his back

• муха укусила

  usually makes a part of a question such as "кака́я му́ха тебя́/его́/её укуси́ла?" implying strange and unusual behavior

• валять дурака

  to do nothing, to idle

• в печёнках (сидеть)

  to annoy, to pester, to bore, to bother

• ходить налево

  to be unfaithful, to cheat on

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