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More from "Russian idioms"

• попасться на удочку

  to swallow the bait, to fall for the bait

• сыт по горло (чем-либо)

  to be fed up (with)

• 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)

• не прошло и полгода

  even half a year haven't passed yet (since you started doing something and finally finished)

• утереть нос

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

• сводить концы с концами

  to make both ends meet

• на всякий пожарный

  just in case, in case of dire need

• ума не приложу

  I have no idea, I haven't the slightest idea, I'm at my wits end

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