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More from "Russian idioms"

• 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

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

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

• кошкины слёзы

  very little or nothing

• вертеться на языке

  lit.: to spin on the tongue to be on the tip of one's tongue

• вывести на чистую воду

  to expose, to unmask

• праздник желудка

  eating a lot of delicious food

• сроки горят

  there is a rush to do something, the deadline is failing

• не оставить камня на камне

  lit: not to leave a stone on a stone to win a complete victory

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