притя́нуто за́ уши / притя́нуто за во́лосы

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• не фонтан

  (lit.: not a fountain) no great shakes, no gem, so-so, nothing special

• хорошо подвешен язык

  lit.: the tongue is hung well Can be said about people who is never at loss for words.

• сбоку-припёку

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

• выше крыши

  much, many, a lot, well enough

• душа не лежит

  (lit.) the soul does not lie (toward something or to do something); used when someone does not want to do something

• яблоку негде упасть

  there's not no room to swing a cat

• засучить рукава

  to get ready to do something

• анекдот с бородой

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

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