ни в зуб ногой

More from "Russian idioms"

• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

• заговаривать зубы

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

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

  describes something unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

• с корабля на бал

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

• на своём горбу

  by the sweat of one's brow

• цветёт и пахнет

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

• от зубов отскакивает

  (lit. - it bounces off the teeth) learnt by heart

• расшибиться в лепёшку

  to lay oneself out, to go out of one's way, to lean over backwards (lit: to smash oneself into a flat cake)

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