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БРАТЬ С ПОТОЛКА
[brat’ s potolka]
To take something from the ceiling.
To allege something without sufficient factual grounds; to say something without thinking, at random.
Cf. To make something up; to talk through one’s hat.
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БРАТЬ кого-либо ПОД КРЫЛЫШКО
[brat’ pod krylyshko]
To take someone under one’s little wing.
To give someone every care and attention; to put someone under one’s protection.
Cf. To take someone under one’s wing.
Опубликовано Апрель 13, 2012 with 11 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БРАТЬ кого-либо ЗА СЕРДЦЕ/ДУШУ
[brat’ za s’ertse/dushu]
To take someone by the heart/soul.
To excite, to move or touch deeply; to cause anxiety.
Cf. To pull at someone’s heartstrings; to touch someone’s heart.
Опубликовано Апрель 6, 2012 with 28 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БОЯТЬСЯ СОБСТВЕННОЙ ТЕНИ
[boyattsa sobstvennoi t’eni]
To be afraid of one’s own shadow.
To be unreasonably nervous due to groundless and trivial fears.
Cf. To be afraid of one’s own shadow.
Опубликовано Март 18, 2012 with 13 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БОЛЬНОЙ ВОПРОС
[bol’noy vopros]
A sore question.
An urgent problem that is difficult to solve.
Cf. A sore point.
Опубликовано Март 15, 2012 with 5 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БОЛЬНОЕ МЕСТО
[bol’noye m’esto]
A sore spot.
A matter that easily upsets one or about which one is sensitive; something that causes anxiety.
Cf. A sore/tender spot; a touchy subject.
Опубликовано Март 12, 2012 with 9 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БЛУЖДАТЬ В ПОТЕМКАХ
[bluzhdat’ v pot’ornkakh]
To grope in the dark.
To be without knowledge in some particular matter; to understand something vaguely; to act blindly.
Cf. To be in the dark about something.
Опубликовано Март 3, 2012 with 13 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БИТЬСЯ КАК РЫБА ОБ ЛЕД
[bittsa kak ryba ob l’od]
To beat against the ice like a fish.
To struggle desperately.
Cf. To pull the devil by the tail.
Опубликовано Февраль 23, 2012 with 18 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БИТЬ КЛЮЧОМ
[bit’ kl’uchom]
To well up, to bubble.
To be in full operation; to proceed in a lively manner.
Cf. To boil over; to be in full swing.
Опубликовано Февраль 5, 2012 with 9 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БИТЬ В ОДНУ ТОЧКУ
[bit’ v odnu tochku]
To keep striking the same spot.
To concentrate one’s efforts on one thing in seeking to attain a specific goal.
Опубликовано Январь 23, 2012 with 6 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БЕЛАЯ ВОРОНА
[b’elaya vorona]
A white crow.
Someone unusual, extraordinary; not like others; an outsider.
Cf. Rara avis.
Опубликовано Январь 22, 2012 with 50 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БЕЗ СУЧКА БЕЗ ЗАДОРИНКИ
[b’es suchka b’ez zadorinki]
Without a snag, without any unevenness or roughness.
Without any obstruction, difficulty or complication; smoothly.
Cf. Without a hitch; like clockwork.
Опубликовано Сентябрь 9, 2011 with 9 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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БАБУШКА НАДВОЕ СКАЗАЛА
[babushka nadvoye skazala]
Grangmother said it ambiguously.
It’s very doubtful, undefined; it remains to be seen.
Cf. We’ll see what we’ll see; maybe rain or maybe snow, maybe yes or maybe no.
Опубликовано Август 29, 2011 with 18 заметок
Источник: idioms.chat.ru
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Idiom of the day No.52
[ty beleny ob’elsya]
Lit. Have you gorged yourself on henbane? (Henbane is a poisonous plant.)
Are you mad? Have you gone crazy?
Опубликовано Август 22, 2011 with 16 заметок
Источник: russiangrammar
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Idiom of the day No.40
- [vernemsya k nashim baranam] -
Lit. Let us return to our sheep.
Let’s get back to the matter at hand.
Опубликовано Август 7, 2011 with 10 заметок
Источник: russiangrammar
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