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More from "Russian idioms"

• дело с концом

  that's it, end of story

• не все дома

  not all there, a bit off, nutty, crazy (lit. not everybody is at home)

• ежу понятно

  it's obvious, it's clear (lit. - it's clear to a hedgehog)

• бабушка надвое сказала

  ~ there's many a slip between the cup and the lip (idiomatic expression, lit. - the grandmother told in two)

• на лбу написано

  writ large on one's face

• попутного ветра

  lit: fair/tail wind a wish to sailors to have good journey, but it can also be used in everyday life as a wish "all the best" and "good luck" in business and other endeavors

• играть на нервах

  to get on one's nerves

• 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)

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