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| English | Russian |
| cock-and-bull story | турусы на колёсах |
| it's a cock and bull report | в огороде бузина, а в Киеве дядька (said to ridicule a person's statement as making no sense, being illogical or even a lie) |
| it's a cock and bull story | в огороде бузина, а в Киеве дядька (said to ridicule a person's statement as making no sense, being illogical or even a lie) |
| it's a cock and bull tale | в огороде бузина, а в Киеве дядька (said to ridicule a person's statement as making no sense, being illogical or even a lie) |
| like a red flag to a bull | как красная тряпка для быка (= like waving a red rag in front of a bull Leonid Dzhepko) |
| mess with the bull, get the horns | не дразни быка (triumfov) |
| milk the bull | ждать от свиньи шерсти |
| milk the bull | ждать от кошки лая |
| not to know "A" from a bull's foot | ни бе ни ме (ни кукареку) |
| the bull must be taken by the horns | взять быка за рога |
| the bull must be taken by the horns | брать быка за рога |
| took the bull by the horns | взять быка за рога (Rust71) |