Ordinary Life in Russia
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Random Russian Idiom
В ЧEМ МАТЬ РОДИЛА
(highly coll., human.)
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- without any clothes on: in one’s birthday suit
- (as) naked as the day one was born
- in the altogether
- sterk naked
- in the buff
- without a stitch of clothing (on)
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- (to leave someone) without money, without any means ( usually in contexts of robbing someone, winning all someone’s money at cards, taking possession of all someone’s property by deceitful means etc.): without a penny to one’s (someone’s) name
Random Russian Word
СПАТЬ
[spat’]
intrans., impf., поспать – perf.
to sleep
- ложиться спать – to go to bed
- крепко спать – to sleep soundly, be fast asleep
- спать чутко – to be a light sleeper
- он спит как убитый (cпит без задних ног) – he sleeps like a log
- спать и видеть – to dream (of)
- Oна спит и видит, как я потерплю неудачу – She can't wait to see me fail
Russian Piece of Music
Мегаполис и Лев Лещенко - “Там”
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Random Russian Joke
У нас свобода совести: хочешь, имей совесть, хочешь – не имей.
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