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Note: "You better don't use this russian idioms neither in a formal nor in a business letter, but you can use them in conversations with your russian friends and you will hear: "Wow, you know Russian very well"!
Ten russian idioms # 1 - 10
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БАБУШКА НАДВОЕ СКАЗАЛА
[babushka nadvoye skazala] |
Grangmother said it ambiguously.
It's very doubtful, undefined; it remains to be seen. E.g. "Бабушка надвое сказал кто победит в этом забеге, обе лошади хороши". |
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| 2. | БЕЖАТЬ, ВЫСУНУВ ЯЗЫК [bezhat' vysunuv yazyk] | To run with one's tongue hanging out.
To run fast without pausing for breath, to be breathless from running. E.g. "Вчера я опоздал на работу, хотя и бежал, высунув язык". |
