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• принять на грудь

  to have a drink (alcohol)

• сводить концы с концами

  to make both ends meet

• откладывать в долгий ящик

  to postpone, to delay

• хорошо подвешен язык

  lit.: the tongue is hung well Can be said about people who is never at loss for words.

• шито белыми нитками

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

• на лбу написано

  writ large on one's face

• в печёнках (сидеть)

  to annoy, to pester, to bore, to bother

• конь не валялся

  ~ and not a bone in the track

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