Ordinary Life in Russia
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Random Russian Idiom
НИ КОЛА НИ ДВОРА
(у кого, coll., used with verbs не быть, не иметь)
- someone has absolutely nothing (usually refers to someone’s extreme poverty, need, having no place to live): one has not a thing to one’s name
- one has neither house nor home
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Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Fantasy on Russian Themes, Op 33, 3rd
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Random Russian Joke
Один друг рассказывает другому:
- Представляешь, прихожу я домой, смотрю: а жена моя с любовником!.. Ну, я пошёл на кухню, открыл холодильник, достал бутылку водки, выпил, попел грустных песен... А потом смотрю: квартира-то не моя.
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