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More from "Russian idioms"

• спуститься с небес на землю

  to come down to earth

• не лезть ни в какие ворота

  this is going too far, this is totally out of place

• вешать лапшу на уши

  to tell lies

• мама не горюй

  many, much, a lot, strongly (informal, lit. - mother, don't grieve)

• дырявые руки

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

• два сапога пара

  said about people that are alike in many ways, usually implying negative qualities

• на всю катушку

  very loud, to the fullest, at a full scale

• яблоку негде упасть

  there's not no room to swing a cat

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