притя́нуто за́ уши / притя́нуто за во́лосы

More from "Russian idioms"

• ни в зуб ногой

  ≈ he doesn't know beans about it

• кузнец своего счастья

  architect of one's own fortune (lit. - a smith of your own's happiness)

• денег куры не клюют

  ~ to roll in money

• упасть на голову

  ~ to fall upon someone's head (about problems, troubles etc.)

• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

  describes something unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

• натыкаться на грабли

  ~ to cause a backlash, to drop a brick (lit. - to stumble on a rake)

• жевать сопли

  to mumble, hum and haw, to procrastinate, to be slow, to linger

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