не по зубам

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• считать ворон

  to loaf, to day-dream

• вопрос на засыпку

  tricky question, stumper

• 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)

• ходить по струнке

  (lit. - to walk on a string) to totally obey someone, to do everything he/her says

• от зубов отскакивает

  (lit. - it bounces off the teeth) learnt by heart

• бабушка надвое сказала

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

• расшибиться в лепёшку

  to lay oneself out, to go out of one's way, to lean over backwards (lit: to smash oneself into a flat cake)

• денег куры не клюют

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

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