после дождичка в четверг

More from "Russian idioms"

• сколько лет, сколько зим

  lit. 'how many summers, how many winters', means 'long time no see'.

• сто лет в обед

  lit. - a hundred years at lunch (i.e. at lunch it will be one hundred years); the phrase is used to describe very old things

• грызть гранит науки

  to study diligently, to burn the midnight oil, to grind away at one's books

• сборная солянка

  hotchpotch, hodgepodge, a mix of something

• пахать (вкалывать) как папа Карло

  to work hard

• развязаны руки

  to have one's hands unties

• ума не приложу

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

• до свадьбы заживёт

  it will heal before the wedding

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