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| English | Russian |
| hang like a sword of Damocles | висеть как дамоклов меч (over – над lexicographer) |
| sword of Damocles | Дамоклов меч |
| sword of Damocles | дамоклов меч (Government threats to cut the budget by 50 percent are hanging over the Opera House like a sword of Damocles. • The nuclear sword of Damocles hangs over the region by a thread.) |