врать с три короба

More from "Russian idioms"

• с корабля на бал

  from the ship to the ball (comes from the verse of Pushkin); means fast change of circumstancies

• два сапога пара

  said about people that are alike in many ways, usually implying negative qualities

• гора с плеч

  lit.: a mountain off the shoulders Describes the relief that people experience after getting rid of anxiety, concerns, or worries

• играть на нервах

  to get on one's nerves

• набить оскомину

  to cause an unfavorable reaction (by being or having been overused, often repeated, boring etc); ~ to make one's mouth sore, to set one's teeth on edge

• прийти к шапочному разбору

  arrive when everyone else is already leaving

• развязаны руки

  to be free to do something

• песок сыпется

  the phrase is used to sarcastically describe aging people, mostly men

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