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| English | Russian |
| a it's impossible to make him blush | ему, им плюй в глаза – всё божья роса (used sarcastically and contemptuously about or to a person who does shameful things and never feels shame even while being put to shame by others) |
| it's impossible to hoist oneself by one's own boots straps | выше головы не прыгнешь |