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• приказать долго жить

  (lit. to command to live long) to pass away (to break if about the things)

• анекдот с бородой

  anecdote with a beard, i.e. a very old anecdote

• уши развешивать

  to be credulous, gullible

• ума не приложу

  I have no idea, I haven't the slightest idea, I'm at my wits end

• не по зубам

  too hard for smb

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

• разнести в пух и прах

  lit: to smash to dawn and dust to win a victory over someone

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

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

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