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More from "Russian idioms"

• полная чаша

  wealth, plenty of everything

• распустить сопли / распустить нюни

  to snivel, to whimper, to start whining

• нужен, как собаке пятая нога

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

• пахать (вкалывать) как папа Карло

  to work hard

• ни пуха, ни пера

  (lit. neither fluff nor feather) a wish of good luck to someone that's supposed to be answered with "к чёрту!" (lit. - to the devil)

• не ближний свет

  far away

• запахло жареным

  one smells trouble; there's danger in the air; it looks like they've got me (you etc ); it looks like the jig is up.

• отбиться от рук

  throw aside all restraint, let oneself go

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