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| English | Russian |
| a corpse buried in the snow and revealed by a thaw | подснежник (ivp) |
| by a nose | достичь цели |
| by a nose | победить соперника с маленьким разрывом |
| by a nose | выиграть соревнование |
| have a tiger by the tail | связаться с чем-либо потенциально опасным (Interex) |
| kicked by a horse | употребляющий героин (Interex) |
| like trying to pick up a turd by its clean end | пытаться совершить невозможное (Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by clean end! Harry S. Truman VLZ_58) |
| like trying to pick up a turd by its clean end | из разряда невозможного (VLZ_58) |
| not by a jugful | нет (сказанное с подчеркнутым ударением или чувством) |