взяться за ум

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• собрать всю свою волю в кулак

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

• вот где собака зарыта!

  вот где соба́ка зары́та!

• беситься с жиру

  (lit. - to be furious from being fat) to be unsatisfied without any reasons, to be too well off for one's own good

• яблоку негде упасть

  there's not no room to swing a cat

• утереть нос

  lit: to wipe one's nose to prove a superiority, to win a victory over someone

• прийти к шапочному разбору

  arrive when everyone else is already leaving

• встать не с той ноги

  ~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone being moody)

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

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