In every language, there are expressions, which are difficult to translate to other languages. I collected the popular Russian phraseology in this post. These phrases I often hear and use myself.
Why 2017? – These illustrations I drew for posting on my Facebook page in 2017.
Collection
1) about a silly person 
2) to take the bull by the horns 
3) to spin out of thin air 
4) to get a grip of yourself 
5) to cast suspicion 
6) to have the head in the clouds 
7) to intentionally mislead 
8) to get up on the wrong side of the bed 
9) to put a spoke in someone's wheel 
10) to be married to the job 
11) to make a mountain out of a molehill 
12) it's a sure thing 
13) to keep one's finger on the pulse 
14) to travel as a stowaway 
15) to wait for things to take care of themselves 
16) cherished dream 
17) to tighten the purse strings, to economize 
18) to act not on someone's own initiative, but to do, what others tell to do 
19) to re-invent the wheel 
20) like a hamster in a wheel 
21) like a weight has been lifted from shoulders 
22) like two peas 
23) chicken scratch 
24) as much at home as a fish in water 
25) to lay the blame 
26) the world is a small place 
27) it is cold 
28) ordinary, nothing special 
29) to put on the long finger 
30) to drift with the current 
31) to work with the left hand / to work hard 
32) to work nonstop 
33) word of mouth 
34) it's one thing one day and something else the next 
35) to know something inside out 
36) combine the useful with the pleasant 
37) to rub salt into the wound 
38) to kill two birds with one stone 
39) to take French leave 
40) about a tricky move 
41) about a big mess
Do you have your favorite Russian expressions? What are they? Share in comments!
