притя́нуто за́ уши / притя́нуто за во́лосы

More from "Russian idioms"

• сбоку-припёку

  redundant, needless, quite unnecessary, to be (sit) on the sidelines, to do something without apparent cause, to play a subordinate (minor) part

• ни пройти, ни проехать

  (lit. - neither pass by, nor drive by) describes something obsctructing the passage or extreme tightness

• попасться на удочку

  to swallow the bait, to fall for the bait

• вить веревки (из кого-то)

  (lit. - to twist ropes) to control someone, to make him/her do everything you say

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

• принять на грудь

  to have a drink (alcohol)

• 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)

• держаться на соплях

  ≈ to hold on by a hair

Other categories