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More from "Russian idioms"

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

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

• быть в мыле

  to be very busy, to hurry, to run around

• откуда ветер дует

  lit: where the wind blows from what is the cause/reason of the problem/events

• наломать дров

  to make a lot of blunders, to have done something very stupid.

• упасть на голову

  ~ to fall upon someone's head (about problems, troubles etc.)

• нужен, как собаке пятая нога

  (lit.) needed as a dog needs fifth leg describes unnecessary, needless, useless things or actions (≈ one needs this like a fish needs a bicycle)

• шарики за ролики заехали

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

• после дождичка в четверг

  ~ when hell freezes over

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