не по зубам

More from "Russian idioms"

• ни пуха, ни пера

  (lit. neither fluff nor feather) a wish of good luck to someone that's supposed to be answered with "к чёрту!" (lit. - to the devil)

• с корабля на бал

  from the ship to the ball (comes from the verse of Pushkin); means fast change of circumstancies

• разуй глаза!

  Use your eyes! Оpen your peepers!

• утереть нос

  lit: to wipe one's nose to prove a superiority, to win a victory over someone

• раскатать губу

  to feel one's mouth watering, to get ready to grab, to think that something is up for grabs (lit: to roll out / roll up the lip)

• сборная солянка

  hotchpotch, hodgepodge, a mix of something

• что-то с чем-то

  something special, remarkable

• жаба душит

  lit. - toad strangles; about a greedy or stingy person

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