к гадалке не ходи

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• сбоку-припёку

  redundant, needless, quite unnecessary, to be (sit) on the sidelines, to do something without apparent cause, to play a subordinate (minor) part

• принять на грудь

  to have a drink (alcohol)

• всеми фибрами души

  (lit: with all fibers of soul) very much

• беситься с жиру

  (lit. - to be furious from being fat) to be unsatisfied without any reasons, to be too well off for one's own good

• держаться на соплях

  ≈ to hold on by a hair

• раскатать губу

  to feel one's mouth watering, to get ready to grab, to think that something is up for grabs (lit: to roll out / roll up the lip)

• водить за нос

  to make a fool of somebody

• откуда ноги растут

  lit: where the legs grow from what is the cause/reason of the problem/events

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