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More from "Russian idioms"

• шарики за ролики заехали

  not to have all one's marbles, to have a screw loose

• дело с концом

  that's it, end of story

• кидать камень в огород

  (lit.) to throw a stone at someone's garden to hint at someone with a negative connotation

• души не чаять

  to worship; to dote (upon); to adore

• дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят

  don't look a gift horse in the mouth

• кот наплакал

  very little of almost nothing

• бабушка надвое сказала

  ~ there's many a slip between the cup and the lip (idiomatic expression, lit. - the grandmother told in two)

• собрать всю свою волю в кулак

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

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