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More from "Russian idioms"

• 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)

• ни в зуб ногой

  ≈ he doesn't know beans about it

• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

• от зубов отскакивает

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

• руки чешутся

  (lit. - the hands are itching) fingers itch У меня руки чешутся = I can't wait, I anticipate something.

• до свадьбы заживёт

  it will heal before the wedding

• 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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