сроки горят

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• на всю катушку

  very loud, to the fullest, at a full scale

• заморить червячка

  to satisfy a little hunger, to have a bite

• приказать долго жить

  (lit. to command to live long) to pass away (to break if about the things)

• сто лет в обед

  lit. - a hundred years at lunch (i.e. at lunch it will be one hundred years); the phrase is used to describe very old things

• часы погоду показывают

  (lit. the watch shows the weather) the watch is faulty

• руки чешутся

  (lit. - the hands are itching) fingers itch У меня руки чешутся = I can't wait, I anticipate something.

• муха укусила

  (lit. - what kind of fly has bit you?)

  Usually sounds like "кака́я му́ха тебя́/его́/её укуси́ла?". Used to talk about someone in a bad mood or behaving strangely.

• носить под сердцем

  (lit. - to carry under the heart) to be pregnant

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