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More from "Russian idioms"

• натыкаться на грабли

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

• не прошло и полгода

  even half a year haven't passed yet (since you started doing something and finally finished)

• к гадалке не ходи

  it's obvious (lit. - do not go to a fortune-teller)

• песок сыпется

  lit. - the sand is pouring; the phrase is used to sarcastically describe aging people, mostly men

• тараканы в голове

  lit: cockroaches in the head We say that everyone has his own cockroaches in the head. The more cockroaches there is, the more strange the person is.

• конь не валялся

  ~ and not a bone in the track

• сроки горят

  there is a rush to do something, the deadline is failing

• взяться за ум

  to come to one's senses, to become / grow reasonable

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