не солоно хлебавши

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• играть на нервах

  to get on one's nerves

• чистой воды

  of the first water, sheerest, clearest type of something, pure and simple, obvious

• цветёт и пахнет

  one blooms and smells (meaning somebody is feeling and looking good, and happy about themselves)

• руки чешутся

  (lit. - the hands are itching) fingers itch У меня руки чешутся = I can't wait, I anticipate something.

• пойти́ пра́хом

  ~ to go to the dogs, to go to rack and ruin, to go phut

• притя́нуто за́ уши / притя́нуто за во́лосы

  far-fetched

• днём с огнём (не найти, не сыщешь)

  (lit. - can't find during the day time with fire/torch) it's very difficult or impossible to find something

• пуд соли вместе съесть

  (lit. - to eat a pood of salt with somebody) to know a person for a while and very well

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