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• лезть из кожи вон

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

• шарики за ролики заехали

  not to have all one's marbles, to have a screw loose

• тебя только за смертью посылать

  approximately: you are good only when sent to call the death (i.e. it takes you too long to do things, ~ I could grow old)

• души не чаять

  to worship; to dote (upon); to adore

• чёрт ногу сломит

  there is no making head or tail of it

• заговаривать зубы

  to distract somebody purposely by talking, to fool somebody with fine words, to fool somwbody with smooth talk

• 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)

• жевать сопли

  to mumble, hum and haw, to procrastinate, to be slow, to linger

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