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More from "Russian idioms"

• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

• белые пятна

  white spots, something unknown

• наворачивать круги

  to walk or drive in circles

• прийти к шапочному разбору

  arrive when everyone else is already leaving

• бить баклуши

  to do nothing, to idle

• с корабля на бал

  from the ship to the ball (comes from the verse of Pushkin); means fast change of circumstancies

• взяться за ум

  to come to one's senses, to become / grow reasonable

• нужен, как собаке пятая нога

  describes unnecessary, needless, useless (≈ somebody needs it like a fish needs a bicycle)

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