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More from "Russian idioms"

• души не чаять

  to worship; to dote (upon); to adore

• не все дома

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

• с этим надо переспать

  one need to sleep it over

• как ваше ничего?

  how are you doing?

• быть в мыле

  to be very busy, to hurry, to run around

• кошкины слёзы

  (lit. - cat's tears) very little of nothing

• накрыться медным тазом

  (lit. - to cover with a copper basin), to fail, to go kaput, to get ruined

• ходить по струнке

  (lit. - to walk on a string) to totally obey someone, to do everything he/her says

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