не все дома

More from "Russian idioms"

• мама не горюй

  many, much, a lot, strongly (informal, lit. - mother, don't grieve)

• 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)

• развязаны руки

  to have one's hands unties

• как рыба в воде

  like a fish in the water: means to feel at ease, to feel completely at home

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

• жевать сопли

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

• с замиранием сердца

  with a sinking heart

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