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RUSSIAN IDIOMS
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 17:28:01 | Сообщение № 561
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| ХОДИТЬ ПО КРАЮ ПРОПАСТИ
[khodit' ро krayu propasti]
To walk on a brink of an abyss.
To be in imminent mortal danger; to be on the verge of disaster.
Cf. On a brink of a precipice.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 17:29:05 | Сообщение № 562
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| ХОДИТЬ ПО СТРУНКЕ
[khodit' ро strunk'e]
To walk on a string.
To be completely under someone's authority; to be very obedient, almost to the point of servility.
Cf. To be at someone's beck and call; to dance attendance upon someone; to toe the line.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 17:51:31 | Сообщение № 563
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| ХОТЬ ТРАВА НЕ РАСТИ
[khot' trava n'e rasti]
Who cores whether or not the grass grows.
One couldn't care less; it's all the same to someone.
Cf. Not to care a straw.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 17:55:31 | Сообщение № 564
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| ХОТЬ ШАРОМ ПОКАТИ
[khot' sharom pokati]
You could even roll a ball through it.
There's nothing there; it's completely empty.
Cf. Bare as a bone; as bare as the palm of one's hand.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 17:56:53 | Сообщение № 565
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ХРОМАТЬ НА ОБЕ НОГИ
[khromat' na ob'e nogi]
To limp on both legs.
To have serious gaps in one's knowledge, training or abilities.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 17:58:27 | Сообщение № 566
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| ХУДОЙ КАК СПИЧКА
[khudoy kak spichka]
Thin as a matchstick.
Very thin.
Cf. Thin as a lath/rake.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 17:59:56 | Сообщение № 567
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| ЦЕНЫ НЕТ кому-либо / чему-либо
[tseny n'et]
There's no price on someone or something.
Someone or something is priceless, invaluable.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 18:00:31 | Сообщение № 568
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| ЧЕРЕЗ чью-либо ГОЛОВУ
[cher'ez golovu]
Over someone's head.
To do something without informing one's immediate superior; to apply to a higher authority by passing an intermediate one.
Cf. To go over someone's head.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 18:01:54 | Сообщение № 569
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| ЧЕРЕЗ ЧАС ПО ЧАЙНОЙ ЛОЖКЕ (В ЧАС ПО ЧАЙНОЙ ЛОЖКЕ)
[cher'ez chas ро chaynoy lozhk'e]
One teaspoonful every other hour.
To be few and at long intervals; very slowly.
Cf. In drops; in/by driblets; few and far between.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 18:02:21 | Сообщение № 570
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| ЧЕРНАЯ КОШКА ПРОБЕЖАЛА
[chornaya koshka prob'ezhala]
A black cat has run between them.
There's a coolness between them; they have become estranged.
Cf. They have fallen out.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 18:15:30 | Сообщение № 571
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| ЧЕРНЫМ ПО БЕЛОМУ
[chornym ро b'elomu]
In black on white.
To declare or state something definitely, clearly, distinctly.
Cf. In black and white.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 18:16:05 | Сообщение № 572
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| ЧЕРТОВА ДЮЖИНА
[chortova d'uzhina]
A devil's dozen.
Thirteen.
Cf. A devil's/a baker's dozen.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 18:19:27 | Сообщение № 573
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| ЧЕСАТЬ ЯЗЫК (ЧЕСАТЬ ЛЯСЫ, ТОЧИТЬ ЛЯСЫ)
[chesat' yazyk]
To scratch one's tongue.
To engage in idle talk; to talk continuously; to chatter.
Cf. To wag one's tongue.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 18:54:23 | Сообщение № 574
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| ЧИТАТЬ МЕЖДУ СТРОК
[chitat' m'ezhdu strok]
To read between the lines.
To discern the concealed meaning; to draw conclusions which are not obvious in something said or written.
Cf. To read between the lines.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 19:39:41 | Сообщение № 575
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| ЧУДЕСА В РЕШЕТЕ
[chudesa v r'eshet'e]
Miracles in a sieve.
It's amazing, incredible, unbelievable, extraordinary; it's a fantastic tale.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 19:40:26 | Сообщение № 576
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| ЧУЖИМИ РУКАМИ ЖАР ЗАГРЕБАТЬ
[chuzhimi rukami zhar zagr'ebat']
To bank up the fire with someone else's hands.
To benefit by the results of someone else's work; to use the results of someone else's work to achieve one's selfish ends.
Cf. To make a cat's-paw of someone; to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 20:05:19 | Сообщение № 577
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| ШАПКАМИ ЗАКИДАЕМ
[shapkami zakidayern]
We'll pelt you (him, etc.) with our caps.
We expect to win without difficulty; it's as good as certain (to boast of an easy victory).
Cf. It's a walk-over; it's in the bag.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 20:06:02 | Сообщение № 578
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| ШАПОЧНОЕ ЗНАКОМСТВО
[shapochnoye znakomstvo]
A cap acquaintance.
A slight acquaintance.
Cf. A nodding/bowing acquaintance.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 20:06:38 | Сообщение № 579
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| ШИТО БЕЛЫМИ НИТКАМИ
[shito b'elymi ni'tkami]
It is sewn with white thread.
It is a flimsy story or excuse easily seen through; it is all too obvious; it is quite transparent.
Cf. Something does not hold water; made up out of whole cloth.
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| ingvarr | (63321) Вне сайта Дата: 04.12.2011, 20:07:21 | Сообщение № 580
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| ШУТКИ В СТОРОНУ
[shutki v storonu]
Jokes aside.
Speaking seriously; it's a serious matter; let's get down to business.
Cf. Joking apart/aside; all kidding aside.
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