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More from "Russian idioms"

• мама не горюй

  many, much, a lot, strongly (informal, lit. - mother, don't grieve)

• пинать балду

  to do nothing, to idle

• жаба душит

  one is being greedy or stingy

• лезть из кожи вон

  ~ to go all out, to bend over backwards (lit: to crawl out of one's skin)

• оказалось, что не казалось

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

• быть в мыле

  to be very busy, to hurry, to run around

• развязаны руки

  to be free to do something

• вопрос на засыпку

  tricky question, stumper

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