притя́нуто за́ уши / притя́нуто за во́лосы

More from "Russian idioms"

• выше крыши

  much, many, a lot, well enough

• сколько лет, сколько зим

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

• натыкаться на грабли

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

• курить бамбук

  to do nothing, to idle

• как корова на льду

  lit. - as a cow on ice describes awkward or clumsy walking / movement

• дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят

  don't look a gift horse in the mouth

• без царя в голове

  (lit.) without a tsar in the head used to desribe an unbalanced, careless, or good-for-nothing person

• ни петь, ни рисовать

  (lit. neither sing nor draw) to be unable to act, to be very drunk or too tired

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