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More from "Russian idioms"

• шито белыми нитками

  lit: sewn with white threads used to characterize poorly concealed lies

• не оставить камня на камне

  lit: not to leave a stone on a stone to win a complete victory

• выйти сухим из воды

  to come off clear, to get away with it

• ни пуха, ни пера

  (lit. neither fluff nor feather) a wish of good luck to someone that's supposed to be answered with "к чёрту!" (lit. - to the devil)

• засучить рукава

  to turn / to roll / up one's sleeves

• вешать лапшу на уши

  to tell lies

• помереть не встать

  it beats everything (informal, lit. - to die and not to stand up)

• кошкины слёзы

  (lit. - cat's tears) very little of nothing

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