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More from "Russian idioms"

• попутного ветра

  lit: fair/tail wind a wish to sailors to have good journey, but it can also be used in everyday life as a wish "all the best" and "good luck" in business and other endeavors

• быть в мыле

  to be very busy, to hurry, to run around

• в мохнатом году

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

• развязаны руки

  to have one's hands unties

• накрыться медным тазом

  (lit. - to cover with a copper basin), to fail, to go kaput, to get ruined

• цветёт и пахнет

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

• хорошо подвешен язык

  lit.: the tongue is hung well Can be said about people who is never at loss for words.

• заткнуть за пояс

  lit: to stick behind the belt to prove your superiority over someone

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