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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn some useful '''¨IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS (FIRST PART)¨''' in Russian. 😊👍

Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions!

Happy learning! :)

See part 2: https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Russian/Vocabulary/Russian-idioms-(2)

<div class="pg_page_title">Ten russian Popular idioms # 1 - 10</div>
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|БАБУШКА НАДВОЕ СКАЗАЛА
[babushka nadvoye skazala]
|Grandmother 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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|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".
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|БЕЗ СУЧКА И <без> ЗАДОРИНКИ
[b'es suchka i b'es zadorinki]
|Without a snag, without any uneveness or roughness.
Without any obstruction, difficulty or complication; smoothly.

E.g. "Презентация прошла без сучка и задоринки"!
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|БЕЛАЯ ВОРОНА [b'elaya vorona]
|A white crow.
Someone or something unusual, extraordinary; not like others; an outsider.

E.g. "Надень на прием галстук, иначе ты будешь выглядеть как белая ворона".
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|БИТЬ В ОДНУ ТОЧКУ [bit' v odnu tochku]
|To keep hitting the same spot.
To concentrate one's efforts on one thing when seeking to attain a specific goal.

E.g. "Адвокат бил в одну точку, добиваясь повторной экспертизы по делу".
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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.

E.g. "Жизнь на озере била ключом: птицы сидели на гнездах, ныряли в воду и летали вокруг".

"На курорте жизнь бьет ключом: все отдыхают и веселятся".
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|БИТЬСЯ КАК РЫБА ОБ ЛЁД [bittsa kak ryba ob l'od]
|To beat against the ice like a fish.
To struggle desperately.

E.g. "Иван бился как рыба об лед на работе, но денег все равно не хватало".
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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.

E.g. "Алхимик блуждал в потемках, пытаясь получить золото".
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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.

E.g. "Больное место нашего форварда - перекладина ворот. Он всегда попадает в нее.".
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|БОЛЬНОЙ ВОПРОС [bol'noy vopros]
|A sore question.

An urgent problem that is difficult to solve.

E.g. "Больное вопрос для нашего шефа - высокие расходы компании".
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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"!

==Comments==
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https://www.reddit.com/r/russian/comments/7qrxh5/great_russian_idioms/

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