валять дурака

More from "Russian idioms"

• нужен, как собаке пятая нога

  describes unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

• в час по чайной ложке

  (lit. - a teaspoon per hour) describes something that is very slow

• дело с концом

  that's it, end of story

• оказалось, что не казалось

  it turned out it didn't seem (popular expression)

• натыкаться на грабли

  ~ to cause a backlash, to drop a brick (lit. - to stumble on a rake)

• держать язык за зубами

  hold one's tongue

• 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

• вешать лапшу на уши

  to tell lies

Other categories