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More from "Russian idioms"

• вагон и маленькая тележка

  a car and a little truck (meaning: a lot)

• на безрыбье и рак рыба

  beggars can't be choosers; in a pinch anything will do; any port in a storm (lit. - when no fish even a crayfish is a fish)

• 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

• мама не горюй

  many, much, a lot, strongly (informal, lit. - mother, don't grieve)

• вывести на чистую воду

  to expose, to unmask

• идёт как корове седло

  it's like putting a saddle on a cow, it looks like a clown suit (on)

• сводить концы с концами

  to make both ends meet

• руки чешутся

  (lit. - the hands are itching) fingers itch У меня руки чешутся = I can't wait, I anticipate something.

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