пойти́ пра́хом

More from "Russian idioms"

• выса́сывать из па́льца

  to make up out of whole cloth, to fabricate, to concoct

• полная чаша

  wealth, plenty of everything

• бабушка надвое сказала

  ~ there's many a slip between the cup and the lip (idiomatic expression, lit. - the grandmother told in two)

• на безрыбье и рак рыба

  beggars can't be choosers; in a pinch anything will do; any port in a storm (lit. - when no fish even a crayfish is a fish)

• игра не стоит свеч

  the game is not worth the candles

• конь не валялся

  ~ and not a bone in the track

• вагон и маленькая тележка

  a car and a little truck (meaning: a lot)

• цветёт и пахнет

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

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