валять дурака

More from "Russian idioms"

• до свадьбы заживёт

  it will heal before the wedding

• песок сыпется

  lit. - the sand is pouring; the phrase is used to sarcastically describe aging people, mostly men

• собаку съесть на чём-либо

  ≈ to cut one's teeth on

• ходить налево

  (lit. - to go to the left)

  to be unfaithful, to cheat on

• грызть гранит науки

  to study diligently, to burn the midnight oil, to grind away at one's books

• точить зубы (на)

  to bear a grudge (against), to seek to get one's hands (on)

• сбоку-припёку

  redundant, needless, quite unnecessary, to be (sit) on the sidelines, to do something without apparent cause, to play a subordinate (minor) part

• сроки горят

  there is a rush to do something, the deadline is failing

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