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• помереть не встать

  it beats everything (informal, lit. - to die and not to stand up)

• расшибиться в лепёшку

  to lay oneself out, to go out of one's way, to lean over backwards (lit: to smash oneself into a flat cake)

• валять дурака

  to do nothing, to idle

• ни пуха, ни пера

  (lit. neither fluff nor feather) a wish of good luck to someone that's supposed to be answered with "к чёрту!" (lit. - to the devil)

• собрать всю свою волю в кулак

  to get all one's strength together, to take one's courage in both hands

• раскатать губу

  to feel one's mouth watering, to get ready to grab, to think that something is up for grabs (lit: to roll out / roll up the lip)

• ни петь, ни рисовать

  (lit. neither sing nor draw) to be unable to act, to be very drunk or too tired

• наплести с три короба

  to talk a lot of nonsense, to tell tales, to gossip

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