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More from "Russian idioms"

• заморить червячка

  to satisfy a little hunger, to have a bite

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

  to gossip, to discuss someone behind his back (lit. - to wash the bones)

• собаку съесть на чём-либо

  ≈ to cut one's teeth on

• дырявые руки

  (lit.: holey hands) her/his fingers are all thumbs (about a clumsy person)

• в печёнках (сидеть)

  to annoy, to pester, to bore, to bother

• как корова на льду

  lit. - as a cow on ice describes awkward or clumsy walking / movement

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

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

• грызть гранит науки

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

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