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More from "Russian idioms"

• уши развешивать

  to be credulous, gullible

• с корабля на бал

  from the ship to the ball (comes from the verse of Pushkin); means fast change of circumstancies

• белые пятна

  white spots, something unknown

• принять на грудь

  to have a drink (alcohol)

• часы погоду показывают

  (lit. the watch shows the weather) the watch is faulty

• не лезть ни в какие ворота

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

• играть на нервах

  to get on one's nerves

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

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