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More from "Russian idioms"

• с корабля на бал

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

• точить зубы (на)

  to bear a grudge (against), to seek to get one's hands (on)

• на всю катушку

  very loud, to the fullest, at a full scale

• с приветом

  wacko, crazy (lit. with a hello)

• засучить рукава

  to turn / to roll / up one's sleeves

• собрать всю свою волю в кулак

  to get all one's strength together, to take one's courage in both hands

• конь не валялся

  ~ and not a bone in the track

• выше крыши

  (lit. - above the roof) much, many, a lot, well enough

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