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• лезть из кожи вон

  ~ to go all out, to bend over backwards (lit: to crawl out of one's skin)

• натыкаться на грабли

  ~ to cause a backlash, to drop a brick (lit. - to stumble on a rake)

• грызть гранит науки

  to study diligently, to burn the midnight oil, to grind away at one's books

• нужен, как собаке пятая нога

  describes unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

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

• после дождичка в четверг

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

• всеми фибрами души

  (lit: with all fibers of soul) very much

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

  describes something unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

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