коту (псу) под хвост

More from "Russian idioms"

• отрывать от сердца

  to deprive oneself of something in favour of, to give up for

• шаром покати

  perfectly empty

• песок сыпется

  lit. - the sand is pouring; the phrase is used to sarcastically describe aging people, mostly men

• собрать всю свою волю в кулак

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

• вагон и маленькая тележка

  a car and a little truck (meaning: a lot)

• анекдот с бородой

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

• помереть не встать

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

• пуд соли вместе съесть

  (lit. - to eat a pood of salt with somebody) to know a person for a while and very well

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