не солоно хлебавши

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• ни петь, ни рисовать

  (lit. neither sing nor draw) to be unable to act, to be very drunk or too tired

• не прошло и полгода

  even half a year haven't passed yet (since you started doing something and finally finished)

• руки чешутся

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

• с замиранием сердца

  with a sinking heart

• втирать очки

  to humbug somebody, to throw dust in somebody's eyes, to pull the wool over somebody's eyes

• сделать ноги

  to run away, to disappear, to vanish

• на безрыбье и рак рыба

  beggars can't be choosers; in a pinch anything will do; any port in a storm (lit. - when no fish even a crayfish is a fish)

• лезть из кожи вон

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

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