Today’s idiom is «ни пуха ни пера» or «good luck»

literally means to make an elephant out of a fly. Муха is a fly. Слон is an elephant. Делать из мухи слона means to exaggerate the importance of a small matter. English equivalent is to make a mountain out of a molehill.

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Today’s idiom is «ходить вокруг да около» or «to walk round and about»

literally means to walk round and about. Ходи́ть means to walk, to go. Вокру́г means around, and о́коло is about.

We use this expression when someone is trying to avoid saying something openly, frankly, directly. When he or she approaches a matter in a roundabout way.

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Today’s idiom is «ни пуха ни пера» or «good luck»

Literally ни пуха ни пера means neither down nor feather. In Russian we use this idiom to say good luck! The English equivalent could be break a leg.

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Today’s idiom is «курам на смех» or «the hens to laugh at»

Literally, ку́рам на смех means for the hens to laugh at. Ку́ра is a hen in English. Смех means laugh. We use this idiom when we talk about something ridiculous, silly or unsatisfactory.

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Today’s idiom is «быть как на иголках» or «сидеть как на иголках»

Literally, как на иголках means as if on needles. Быть как на иголках – to be on needles. Сидеть на иголках – to sit on needles. Иголка means needle. We say быть or сидеть как на иголках about a person who is racked with anxiety, in a state of acute discomfort, uneasiness or suspense.

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Literally, белая ворона is a white crow. Белая means white. Ворона means crow. This idiom is used to describe a person who is unusual, extraordinary, not like others, an outsider.

This expression can have positive or negative implication. It can be translated in English as a rare bird, a black sheep, or you can use just word combination as an odd person etc.

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