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• дело с концом

  that's it, end of story

• шито белыми нитками

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

• накрыться медным тазом

  (lit. - to cover with a copper basin), to fail, to go kaput, to get ruined

• анекдот с бородой

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

• в час по чайной ложке

  (lit. - a teaspoon per hour) describes something that is very slow

• ходить по струнке

  (lit. - to walk on a string) to totally obey someone, to do everything he/her says

• полная чаша

  wealth, plenty of everything

• пинать балду

  to do nothing, to idle

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