пахать (вкалывать) как папа Карло

More from "Russian idioms"

• точить зубы (на)

  to bear a grudge (against), to seek to get one's hands (on)

• выше крыши

  much, many, a lot, well enough

• тараканы в голове

  lit: cockroaches in the head We say that everyone has his own cockroaches in the head. The more cockroaches there is, the more strange the person is.

• оказалось, что не казалось

  it turned out it didn't seem (popular expression)

• песок сыпется

  the phrase is used to sarcastically describe aging people, mostly men

• мыть кости / перемывать косточки

  (lit.: to wash the bones) to gossip, to discuss someone behind his back

• играть на нервах

  to get on one's nerves

• с пеной у рта

  lit.: with foam around the mouth Used when someone is eagerly trying to prove something.

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