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More from "Russian idioms"

• водить за нос

  to make a fool of somebody

• когда рак на горе свистнет

  ~ when hell freezes over (lit. - when a crayfish wistles on the mountain)

• встать не с той ноги

  (lit. - to get up from the wrong foot)

  ~ to get up on the wrong side of the bed (about someone moody)

• заморить червячка

  to satisfy a little hunger, to have a bite

• бить баклуши

  to do nothing, to idle

• точить зубы (на)

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

• анекдот с бородой

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

• курить бамбук

  to do nothing, to idle

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