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More from "Russian idioms"

• встать не с той ноги

  (lit. - to get up from the wrong foot)

  ~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone moody)

• не по зубам

  too hard for smb

• на всякий пожарный

  just in case, in case of dire need

• кузнец своего счастья

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

• отбиться от рук

  throw aside all restraint, let oneself go

• всеми фибрами души

  (lit: with all fibers of soul) very much

• дырявые руки

  (lit.: holey hands) her/his fingers are all thumbs (about a clumsy person)

• пахать (вкалывать) как папа Карло

  to work hard

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