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More from "Russian idioms"

• муха укусила

  (lit. - what kind of fly has bit you?)

  Usually sounds like "кака́я му́ха тебя́/его́/её укуси́ла?". Used to talk about someone in a bad mood or behaving strangely.

• 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

• собаку съесть на чём-либо

  ≈ to cut one's teeth on

• разнести в пух и прах

  lit: to smash to dawn and dust to win a victory over someone

• 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)

• пуд соли вместе съесть

  (lit. - to eat a pood of salt with somebody) to know a person for a while and very well

• наворачивать круги

  to walk or drive in circles

• выса́сывать из па́льца

  to make up out of whole cloth, to fabricate, to concoct

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