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More from "Russian idioms"

• принять на грудь

  to have a drink (alcohol)

• вдоль и поперёк

  far and wide

• раскатать губу

  to feel one's mouth watering, to get ready to grab, to think that something is up for grabs (lit: to roll out / roll up the lip)

• с приветом

  wacko, crazy (lit. with a hello)

• конь не валялся

  ~ and not a bone in the track

• 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)

• цветёт и пахнет

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

• ни петь, ни рисовать

  (lit. neither sing nor draw) to be unable to act, to be very drunk or too tired

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