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More from "Russian idioms"

• души не чаять

  to worship; to dote (upon); to adore

• натыкаться на грабли

  ~ to cause a backlash, to drop a brick (lit. - to stumble on a rake)

• ни петь, ни рисовать

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

• в час по чайной ложке

  (lit. - a teaspoon per hour) describes something that is very slow

• гвоздь программы

  the highlight of the programme

• водить за нос

  to make a fool of somebody

• стрелять глазами

  to make eyes (at), to give the glad eye

• лезть из кожи вон

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

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