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СЕРДЦЕ ОТХОДИТ у кого (coll.) – a calm settled over someone, a felling of

alarm, anxiety left someone: one is greatly relieved; one feels a sense of relief; it’s a

load off someone’s mind; a weight is lifted from someone; a sense of inner calm

comes over someone

СЕРДЦЕМ ПРИСОХНУТЬ к кому-чему (coll.) – to become infatuated

СЖИГАТЬ (СЖЕЧЬ) КОРАБЛИ; СЖИГАТЬ (СЖЕЧЬ) ВСЕ (СВОИ)

КОРАБЛИ; СЖИГАТЬ (СЖЕЧЬ) ЗА СОБОЙ (ВСЕ СВОИ) МОСТЫ (all lit.,

human.) – breaking resolutely with the past, to take an irrevocable step that makes

turning back impossible: burn one’s boats; burn one’s bridges (behind him)

СИДЕТЬ СЛОЖА РУКИ (human.) – idle, inactive (usually when situation

requires some decisive, energetic action): be sitting around (about) twiddle one’s

thumbs; to let the grass grow under one’s feet; be sitting idly by

СИНИЙ ЧУЛОК (disapprov. or derog.) – a woman who is absorbed

exclusively in scholarly interests (and usually devoid of femininity): bluestocking

СКАЖИ МНЕ, КТО ТВОЙ ДРУГ, И Я СКАЖУ, КТО ТЫ (saying) – Tell

me whom you live with and I will tell you who you are.

СКАЖИ (ТЕ) НА МИЛОСТЬ! (these forms only) – 1. used when making a

polite inquiry: will (would) you please (kindly) tell me (us); would you mind telling

me (us); (would, could you) be so good (kind) as to tell me (us);

2. used to add emphasis, often irony, to a statement or rhetorical question: for

heaven’s (goodness’) sake; (who, where etc.) in the world (in God’s name); you

don’t say so!

СКАЗАТЬ НА УШКО (coll., human.) – whisper into someone’s ear

СКАЗКА ПРО БЕЛОГО БЫЧКА (coll., usually disapprov.) – a topic that is

brought up or returned to incessantly, or the raising of return to the same topic

incessantly: (it’s) the same old story (thing, stuff, song etc.); (someone brings up) the

same thing all over again

С КЕМ ПОВЕДËШЬСЯ, ОТ ТОГО И НАБЕРËШЬСЯ (saying) – Evil

communications corrupt good manners.

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СКОЛЬКО ЛЮДЕЙ, СТОЛЬКО И МНЕНИЙ – how many people, so

many and the opinions

СКРЕПЯ СЕРДЦЕ (coll.) – with great unwillingness: reluctantly; (much)

against one’s will; grudgingly; grit(ting) one’s teeth; swallow(ing) one’s objections

С ЛËГКИМ ПАРОМ! (coll., formula phrase) – a greeting to someone who just

took a bath, often at a public bathhouse: hope you enjoyed your bath!; hope you had a

good bath!; with the lung by vapor!

СЛЕД ПРОСТЫЛ (ПРОПАЛ) кого-чего (coll.) – (of person, animal, or

vehicle) someone or something abruptly disappeared (when of a person, by hiding or

running off), making it seem as if he or it had never been in the place in question at all:

vanished without a trace; vanished (disappeared) into thin air; all trace of someone

(something) vanished (disappeared); was long gone; person beat it (flew the coop,

took off)

СЛОВНО (КАК БУДТО, ТОЧНО) АРШИН ПРОГЛОТИЛ (coll., humor.,

human., past only) – (a person who) has unnaturally straight posture (may refer to a

permanent or a temporary characteristic): straight as a ramrod; ramrod-straight; as

stiff as a poker; (one) looks like he has a broomstick (a poker) up his butt

СЛОВО В СЛОВО повторять, пересказывать, запомнить что и т.д. – (to

repeat, recount, memorize etc.) precisely: word for word

СЛОЖИТЬ (СКЛАДЫВАТЬ) ОРУЖИЕ – 1. to cease armed resistance,

surrender: lay down arms;

2. to stop to fighting for something, abandon some course of action, admit defeat:

give up (the fight, the struggle)

СЛОМЯ ГОЛОВУ бежать, мчаться, нестись и т.д. (coll., verbal adverb) –

(to run, race, rush etc.) very fast, impetuously: (run, gallop) at breakneck speed; (run,

race) like mad; (race etc.) as fast as one’s legs (feet) will carry one; headlong

(madly); nearly break one’s neck (running etc.)

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СЛОНА-ТО Я И НЕ ПРИМЕТИЛ / СЛОНА НЕ ПРОМЕТИТЬ (coll.,

human, usually past) – not to notice the most important, significant thing: overlook the

obvious; visit Rome and not notice the Pope

< From Ivan Krylov’s fable “The Sightseer” («Любопытный»), 1814

(СЛУШАТЬ) КРАЕМ (КРАЕШКОМ) УХА (all coll.) – 1. что, о чëм (to

hear something) accidentally: happen to hear; half hear; (hear) by chance (by

accident);

2. кого-что (to listen to someone or something) inattentively: (listen) with half

an ear; half listen

СМЕШАТЬ (СПУТАТЬ) (ВСЕ) КАРТЫ чьи, кого, кому – to thwart,

frustrate someone’s plans, designs: spoil (ruin) someone’s game; upset someone’s

applecart; spike one’s guns

СМИ ; Средства массовой информации – media

С МИРУ ПО НИТКЕ (coll.) – small amount from different sources: (get) a

little bit from everybody; (get) a little (bit) from here and a little (bit) from there

С МИРУ ПО НИТКЕ – ГОЛОМУ РУБАШКА (РУБАХА) (saying) – small

contributions from many people will give one person something substantial, significant

(said when the aid of a group accomplishes something beyond the means or ability of one

person alone): many a little makes a mickle; many hands light work

СМОРОЗИТЬ (coll.) – to blurt out

СМОТРЕТЬ / ПОСМОТРЕТЬ (ГЛЯДЕТЬ / ПОГЛЯДЕТЬ) СКВОЗЬ

ПАЛЬЦЫ на что (coll.) – intentionally not to react to something, as if accepting it by

allowing it to go on: look through one’s finger at something; wink at something;

turn a blind eye to sth.; close (shut) someone’s eyes to something; deliberately

overlook sth.; take a lenient viewof something; do not check (up) on something

СМОТРЕТЬ (УСТАВИТЬСЯ) КАК БАРАН НА НОВЫЕ ВОРОТА

(highly coll., derogatory) – (to look stare) in utter confusion, understanding nothing as

though seeing for the first time; look quite lost; be completely flummoxed

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СБИВАТЬСЯ / СБИТЬСЯ С НОГ (coll., human.) – to bustle about to the

point of exhaustion (doing chores, looking for someone or something etc.); to become

exhausted (from busting about doing chores, looking for someone or something etc.): run

one’s legs (feet) off; be ready to drop (collapse); knock oneself out; run oneself

ragged

СОБАКУ СЪЕСТЬ в чëм, на чëм (coll., approv., human., usually past with

resultative meaning)– to gain much experience, acquire substantial knowledge in some

field through a lot of practice: know something inside out; be an expert at (in)

something; know the tricks of the trade; be a past master at (in) something

СОБАЧИЙ ХОЛОД (coll.) – beastly cold

СОБАЧЬЯ ЖИЗНЬ (highly coll.) – a miserable existence, a life full of troubles

or unhappiness – dog’s life; lousy life.

СОВАТЬ / СУНУТЬ (СВОЙ) НОС куда, во что often во всë, в чьи дела,

не в своë дело, куда не следует, куда не просят и т.д. (all highly coll., disapprov.,

human.) – to interfere, meddle in something in which one should not: poke (stick,

thrust) one’s nose into something; poke one’s nose in where he has no business; stick

(poke) one’s nose where it doesn’t belong (where it isn’t wanted); Negative get your

nose out of (someone’s) affaires; butt out of someone’s business

С ОТКРЫТЫМ (С ПОДНЯТЫМ) ЗАБРАЛОМ (lit., these forms only) –

with complete openness, directness: straightforwardly; boldly; openly; frankly;

(come) out in the open

СОШКА – (coll., human.) – a person or people occupying a low social or

professional position: small fry; small potatoes; tiny cog(s) (in the machine, in the

wheel, in some department, in an organization etc.)

СПЛОШЬ ДА (И) РЯДОМ (coll., these forms only) – very frequently: time

and again: over and over again; all the time; more often than not; pretty often

СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТИ РАДИ – to be fair, to be honest

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СПУСТЯ РУКАВА (coll., disapprov.) – (to do something) carelessly,

haphazardly, without an honest attempt: any old way; in a slipshod manner; scamp

one’s work; sloppy; halfheartedly; slapdash; lazily

< «Спустя» is the old form of the short active participle of the verb «спустить»;

the corresponding modern form is the perfective verbal adverb «спустить».

СРАЖАТЬСЯ С ВЕТРЯНЫМИ МЕЛЬНИЦАМИ (human., the verb may

take the final position) – to expend one’s strength, abilities uselessly, fighting imaginary

or unimportant enemies or wrongs (while believing them to be real or important): tilt at

windmills

< From Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote («Дон Кихот»), 1605 and 1615.

In one of the episodes Don Quixote tilts at windmills, having taken them for giants.

СТАВИТЬ / ПОСТАВИТЬ В ТУПИК кого (human. or abstract.) – (of

person, what a person says, an incomprehensible phenomenon etc.) to put someone in a

difficult position in which he does know to do, what to say, how to react etc.: nonplus

stump, baffle) someone; put someone in a bad (difficult) position; be at a loss (for

what to say (to do etc.); do not know what to say (to do etc.); thing bring someone to

(land in) an impasse

СТАРАЯ (ЧЕРТОВА) ПЕРЕШНИЦА (highly coll., rude, sing. only) – an

inulting name for an old woman, abusive expression of or in addressing a shrewish old

women: old hag (bag, bat, crone, witch, shrew, fart)

СТАРТОВАЯ ПЛОЩАДКА стартовая площадка - the launch pad

СТАРЫЙ КОНЬ БОРОЗДЫ

НЕ ИСПОРТИТ (saying) – The old man still

has a thing or two up his sleeve. The deuce knows many things because he is old.

СТОРОННИКИ МИРА (lit., media) – defenders / supporters of peace

СТОП-КРАН – emergency brake

СТОЯТЬ НА (СВОИХ, СОБСТВЕННЫХ) НОГАХ хорошо, крепко,

прочно – to be independent, well-established, not need any help or support: person

stands on his own (two) feet; thing stands on its own

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СТОЯТЬ (БЫТЬ) НА СТРАЖЕ кого-чего; встать стать НА СТРАЖУ

кого-чего – (to be, start etc.) guarding someone or something (in a physical sense),

watching to be sure that he or it is not harmed, stolen etc.: be on the watch; be on

guard; be on guard (sentry) duty; be standing guard (sentry); iron. stand guard over

(the interests of) something; (safe)guard

СТРАХ БЕРËТ кого – be afraid

СТРЕЛЯНЫЙ (СТАРЫЙ) ВОРОБЕЙ (all coll., human.) – an experienced,

worldly-wise person who is not easily fooled: wise old bird; old hand; no novice; (one)

wasn’t born yesterday

СТРЕЛЯНОГО (СТАРОГО) ВОРОБЬЯ НА МЯКИНЕ НЕ

ПРОВЕДËШЬ. (saing) – you cannot outwit or deceive an experienced, worldly-wise

person (said in praise of oneself or another person who, thanks to his experience, is able

to see through someone’s sly intentions or deception): an old bird is not caught with

chaff; you can’t catch old birds with chaff; an old fox isn’t easily snared

СТРИЧЬ ПОД ОДНУ ГРЕБËНКУ кого (coll., often всех) – to regard

different people, different groups, or all people as if they were identical in some respect,

without considering their differences: treat all alike; treat everyone as if they were

(all) alike; (the same); put everyone together; reduce everyone to the same level

СУМА ПЕРЕМËТНАЯ (coll., singular only, human.) – a person who easily

changes his convictions, changes sides: turncoat; weathercock; double-crosser;

(double-crossing) traitor

СЧАСТЛИВЫЕ ЧАСОВ НЕ НАБЛЮДАЮТ (lit., human., used as

independ. sent) – happy people forget about the time, do not observe it: Happiness

takes no account of time.

< From the classic play (Act I, Scene 3) Woe from Wit (Grief through the Mind or

Grief from intelligence – «Горе от ума»), 1824, by Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov

(alternative transcription: Griboedov; Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов in Russian)

(1795 – 1829). He was a Russian diplomat in Persia, composer and the author of the

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immortal book. He is recognized a writer of one book, whose fame rests on the brilliant

comedy which is still one of the most often staged plays in Russia.

СЭ ЛЯ ВИ; ТАКОВА ЖИЗНЬ – c’est lá vie

ТАК И НАДО (НУЖНО)! кому (coll.) – it is what someone really deserves (as

a punishment etc.): serves him right!; that’s what one deserves; one was asking for it

ТАК –ТО ОНО ТАК, НО ... (coll.) – (used when the speaker basically agrees

with what has just been stated but wants to qualify it, single out an exception, voice an

objection to a specific point etc.) all of this is correct, true, but…: that’s all well and

good, but …. it is correct, but…; that’s all very well, but …; that may (very well) be

true, but…; that may (well) be, but…

(И) ТАК И СЯК (coll.) – (to do or try to do something) in various ways: this

way and that; first one way, then another; in all different ways

ТАМ И СЯМ (coll.) – in various places, in many places: here and there; here,

there and everywhere; all over (the place)

ТАНЦЕВАТЬ ОТ ПЕЧКИ (coll., human.) – to begin at the beginning, from

the simplest point, and follow the usual routine: start (take it ) from step one (square

one); start over (go through it again) from the beginning; take it from the top (start

over) again; start all over; go back to the drawing board (to square one); it’s back to

the old drawing board!

ТЕЛЯЧИЙ ВОСТОРГ (usually iron.) – over еxpressive or unfounded joy:

foolish enthusiasm (euphoria); wild enthusiasm; childlike glee(fulness)

ТЕЛЯЧЬИ НЕЖНОСТИ (coll., often condes. or derog.; plural only) – an

excessive or inappropriate expression of tender feelings, sentimentality: sloppy (mushy)

sentimentality; sentimental slop

ТЕНЕВАЯ ЭКОНОМИКА – shadow economy

ТЕПЕРЬ ИЛИ НИКОГДА – now or never

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ТЕРПЕНЬЕ И ТРУД ВСЁ ПЕРЕТРУТ. (saying) – with patience and

persistent work one can overcome all obstacles (said to encourage a person who is faced

with a difficult undertaking, challenging task etc. – Little strokes fell great oaks;

Perseverance overcomes all things.; Patience wins the day.; If at first you don’t

succeed, try, try, try again.; Elbow grease gives the best polish.;He that can have

patience can have what he will.; They that have patience may accomplish anything.

ТЕРРА ИНКОГНИТО – terra incognito

TЁРТЫЙ КАЛАЧ (coll., occas. disapprov., human.) – a person who has

experienced a lot, is worldly-wise and very difficult to deceive – knows all tricks; be an

old hand at something; not to be born yesterday; to be around the block; up to

snuff

ТЕРЯТЬ / ПОТЕРЯТЬ ГОЛОВУ (coll., human) – 1. (от чего) to lose one’s

poise, common sense, not know how to act (in difficult situation): lose one’s head

(sense); to panick; to go to pieces; 2. (от чего) to become conceited, get a false sense

of one’s own importance, abilities etc., usually from praise, success etc. : go to one’s

head; have (get) a swelled head; be (become) giddy (with success);

3. (от кого) to fall passionately in love with someone, become completely

infatuated with someone: (completely) lose one’s head (over…); fall head over heels in

love (with someone); fall hard for someone

ТИХОЙ САПОЙ (coll., often disapprov., adverb) – (to act, try to attain

something) by stealth, secretly: on the sly; on the quiet; on the q.t.; surreptitiously

ТОВАРИЩ ПО НЕСЧАСТЬЮ – a person who, together with or like another,

has fallen onto some kind of misfortune or unpleasant situation: comrade in misfortune

(distress); companion in misfortune; fellow-sufferer

ТО И ДЕЛО (with imperfective verb) – often, frequently: over and over

(again); again and again; time and time again: continually; every now and then;

keep on (doing something)

ТОЛЬКО ПЯТКИ СВЕРКАЮТ / ЗАСВЕРКАЛИ у кого (coll.; often after

помчался, понëсся, if a verb of motion is not present, it is implied ) – someone runs

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away very quickly: show a clean pair of heels; took off like greased lightning; took off

his/her heels (out of there); was off like a shot

ТОПОРНАЯ РАБОТА – clumsy work

ТОСКА БЕРËТ кого (coll, human.) – it’s terrible boredom: it makes one sick;

it is sickening

ТО-ТО И ОНО! (coll.; this form only)– that’s what it is!

ТОЧИТЬ / ПОТОЧИТЬ ЛЯСЫ (coll., human.) – to be occupied with idle

chatter (often to the detriment of the matter at hand): be chewing the fat (with

someone); shoot the breeze (the bull); wag one’s tongue

ТОЧКА ЗРЕНИЯ – a way of considering or judging a phenomenon, person,

thing etc.: point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; vantage point; perspective

ТОЧЬ-В-ТОЧЬ; ТОЧКА В ТОЧКУ (both coll.; these forms only) – 1.

precisely: exactly; to a T; to the letter; perfectly; letter-perfect; (in refer. to time) to

the minute; on the button; on the dot;

2. похож, походит но кого-что (a person or thing resembles another person or

thing) very closely: the (an) exact copy (replica, duplicate) of …; the spiting image

(spit and image) of …; identical in every way (to …); looks just like …;

ТРЕСКУЧИЙ МОРОЗ – sharp frost

ТРИШКИН КАФТАН (lit., sing. only) – a situation in which rectifying one

inadequacy, defect etc. result in another inadequacy, defect etc.: rob(bing) Peter to pay

Paul

< From Ivan Krylov’s fable “Trishka’s Coat” («Тришкин кафтан»), 1815, in

wich Trishka attempts to patch his old coat by first cutting off a quarter of the sleeves to

cover the elbows and then having to cut off the flaps and tails to lengthen the sleeves.

ТРУДОВЫЕ УСПЕХИ кого-чего – the successes of labor

< No English equivalent because it refers to Soviet or Russian realities.

ТРУСЛИВ КАК ЗАЯЦ (coll., human.) –cowardly as the hare: timid;

apprehensive

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ТРЯСТИСЬ ОТ СТРАХА (coll.) – to be afraid of something: quake

(tremble) with fear

ТУДА-СЮДА; ТУДА И СЮДА (both coll.) – in one direction and then in the

other or another: back and forth; up and down (some place); to and fro; this way and

that

ТУДА И ОБРАТНО (НАЗАД) съeздить, сходить; поездка и т.д. – (to go,

a trip etc.) to some place and back again: there and back; round trip (round-trip

ticket)

ТУП (ТУПОЙ) КАК БАРАН (highly coll., human.) – dull; dim-witted

ТЬМА-ТЬМУЩАЯ (coll.) – 1. darkness: impenetrable darkness: pitch-

darkness;

2. кого-чего (coll.) – very many, a countless number: vast numbers; countless

multitudes; millions and millions; (of people and animals only) hordes and hordes;

swarms and swarms

ТЮТЕЛЬКА В ТЮТЕЛЬКУ (coll.) – precisely (the same as something else,

what was expected, conforming to the standard etc.): to a T; exactly; to a hair; to the

letter; done to a turn; to the minute; on the button; on the nose; on the dot

ТЯНУТЬ (РАЗВОДИТЬ) ВОЛЫНКУ (highly coll., disapprov., human.) – to

act very slowly, procrastinate in dealing with someone or something: dawdle; drag

things out; be dragging one’s feet; be dilatory

ТЯНУТЬ КОТА ЗА ХВОСТ (coll., disapprov., often negative) – to talk

tediously, too slowly, not to the point, or slow to answer a question: hem and haw; beat

around (about) the bush; drag it out; negative spit it out; get to the point

ТЯНУТЬ / ПОТЯНУТЬ ЛЯМКУ (coll., human.) – to be occupied for a long

period of time with a difficult, unpleasant, monotonous task: slave (toil) away; sweat it

out; perform (be engaged in) drudgery; be (remain) in harness; drudge

ТЯП-ЛЯТ; ТЯП ДА ЛЯП (both coll.) – hastily and carelessly: slapdash;

anyhow; in a slipshod way; haphazardly; sloppily; any old way; bing, bang, boom