только через мой труп!

More from "Russian idioms"

• всеми правдами и неправдами

  lit.: by all truths and lies by all means, at any cost

• грызть гранит науки

  to study diligently, to burn the midnight oil, to grind away at one's books

• нужен, как рыбе зонтик

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

• 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)

• заткнуть за пояс

  lit: to stick behind the belt to prove your superiority over someone

• от зубов отскакивает

  (lit. - it bounces off the teeth) learnt by heart

• в печёнках (сидеть)

  to annoy, to pester, to bore, to bother

• скрепя сердце

  (lit. - tightening the heart) reluctantly, grudgingly

Other categories