мак
literal: poppy
actual: Mac as in Macbook
вода
literal: water
actual: filler as in filibuster
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literal: to dance on a tambourine
actual: to go to excessive lengths to please someone or to try too hard in a way that's almost humiliating
Делать из мухи слона
literal: make an elephant out of a fly
actual: make a big deal out of nothing
I could recognize many more if I saw the literal translations, but I can't think of them offhand. We add more as we come across them.
literal: poppy
actual: Mac as in Macbook
вода
literal: water
actual: filler as in filibuster
танцевать на бубне
literal: to dance on a tambourine
actual: to go to excessive lengths to please someone or to try too hard in a way that's almost humiliating
Делать из мухи слона
literal: make an elephant out of a fly
actual: make a big deal out of nothing
I could recognize many more if I saw the literal translations, but I can't think of them offhand. We add more as we come across them.