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More from "Russian idioms"

• помереть не встать

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

• дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят

  don't look a gift horse in the mouth

• сроки горят

  there is a rush to do something, the deadline is failing

• руки чешутся

  (lit. - the hands are itching) fingers itch У меня руки чешутся = I can't wait, I anticipate something.

• лезть из кожи вон

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

• стрелять глазами

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

• раскатать губу

  to feel one's mouth watering, to get ready to grab, to think that something is up for grabs (lit: to roll out / roll up the lip)

• наворачивать круги

  to walk or drive in circles

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