ни в зуб ногой

More from "Russian idioms"

• 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)

• оказалось, что не казалось

  it turned out it didn't seem (popular expression)

• выйти сухим из воды

  to come off clear, to get away with it

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

  (lit.: to wash the bones) to gossip, to discuss someone behind his back

• наломать дров

  to make a lot of blunders, to have done something very stupid.

• в мохнатом году

  (lit.) in the hairy year a long time ago

• два сапога пара

  said about people that are alike in many ways, usually implying negative qualities

• развязаны руки

  to be free to do something

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