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More from "Russian idioms"

• курить бамбук

  to do nothing, to idle

• цветёт и пахнет

  one blooms and smells (meaning somebody is feeling and looking good, and happy about themselves)

• шарики за ролики заехали

  not to have all one's marbles, to have a screw loose

• стрелять глазами

  to make eyes (at), to give the glad eye

• денег куры не клюют

  ~ to roll in money у него денег куры не клюют - he rolles in money

• от зубов отскакивает

  (lit. - it bounces off the teeth) learnt by heart

• чистой воды

  of the first water, sheerest, clearest type of something, pure and simple, obvious

• полная чаша

  wealth, plenty of everything

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