скрепя сердце

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• с замиранием сердца

  with a sinking heart

• ни в зуб ногой

  ≈ he doesn't know beans about it

• собрать всю свою волю в кулак

  to get all one's strength together, to take one's courage in both hands

• не фонтан

  no great shakes, no gem

• наплести с три короба

  to talk a lot of nonsense, to tell tales, to gossip

• бить баклуши

  to do nothing, to idle

• вить веревки (из кого-то)

  (lit. - to twist ropes) to control someone, to make him/her do everything you say

• у него семь пятниц на неделе

  he keeps changing his mind, he's got a mind like a butterfly, he can never settle on anything

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