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More from "Russian idioms"

• песок сыпется

  lit. - the sand is pouring; the phrase is used to sarcastically describe aging people, mostly men

• в печёнках (сидеть)

  to annoy, to pester, to bore, to bother

• бабушка надвое сказала

  ~ there's many a slip between the cup and the lip (idiomatic expression, lit. - the grandmother told in two)

• полная чаша

  wealth, plenty of everything

• денег куры не клюют

  ~ to roll in money у него денег куры не клюют - he rolles in money

• после дождичка в четверг

  ~ when hell freezes over (lit. - after a rain on Thursday)

• тараканы в голове

  lit: cockroaches in the head We say that everyone has his own cockroaches in the head. The more cockroaches there is, the more strange the person is.

• заткнуть за пояс

  lit: to stick behind the belt to prove your superiority over someone

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