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More from "Russian idioms"

• анекдот с бородой

  anecdote with a beard, i.e. a very old anecdote

• пахать (вкалывать) как папа Карло

  to work hard

• с этим надо переспать

  one need to sleep it over

• 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

• сбоку-припёку

  redundant, needless, quite unnecessary, to be (sit) on the sidelines, to do something without apparent cause, to play a subordinate (minor) part

• бить баклуши

  to do nothing, to idle

• дело с концом

  that's it, end of story

• мама не горюй

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

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