тебя только за смертью посылать
Translation / meaning:
approximately: you are good only when sent to call the death (i.e. it takes you too long to do things, ~ I could grow old)
More explanations and examples here: Не прошло и полгода
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≈ to cut one's teeth on
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lit.: to spin on the tongue to be on the tip of one's tongue
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a lot, heaps (of something)
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to run headlong
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~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone being moody)
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Use your eyes! Оpen your peepers!
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(lit. - it bounces off the teeth) learnt by heart
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usually makes a part of a question such as "кака́я му́ха тебя́/его́/её укуси́ла?" implying strange and unusual behavior
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