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• 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

• сборная солянка

  hotchpotch, hodgepodge, a mix of something

• говорить / сказать пару ласковых

  (= сказать пару ласковых слов) to give somebody a nice talking to (telling off), to scold, to reprimand

• игра не стоит свеч

  the game is not worth the candles

• денег куры не клюют

  ~ to roll in money у него денег куры не клюют - he rolles in money

• души не чаять

  to worship; to dote (upon); to adore

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

• ходить по струнке

  (lit. - to walk on a string) to totally obey someone, to do everything he/her says

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