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RUSSIAN SAYINGS I have decided to try to make a separate page for these as opposed to prverbs but the line between is often indistinct so please forgive me if you disagree. Text in blue used in English
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за чем же стулья ломать? |
Why break the chair? why make a mountain out of a molehill? |
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ворона в павлиньих перьях |
a crow in peacock’s feathers |
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ни пава ни ворона |
neither one thing nor the other |
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Делать из мухи слона. |
To make a mountain out of a molehill. |
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Бери быка за рога. |
Take the bull by the horns. |
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Гром с ясного неба. |
A bolt from the blue |
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а воз и ныне там |
Things are right back where they started |
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он все пружины в ход пустил: |
he hasn’t left a stone unturned |
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