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More from "Russian idioms"

• выса́сывать из па́льца

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

• прийти к шапочному разбору

  arrive when everyone else is already leaving

• закон подлости

  sod's law

• нужен, как собаке пятая нога

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

• ежу понятно

  it's obvious, it's clear (lit. - it's clear to a hedgehog)

• игра не стоит свеч

  the game is not worth the candles

• принять на грудь

  to have a drink (alcohol)

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

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