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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | bury arm up to the elbow | засунуть руку по локоть (Soulbringer) |
| fig. | steeped in blood up to the elbows | по локоть в крови (Ketteler's hands and those of the imperial soldiers were steeped in blood up to the elbows. Linch) |
| gen. | up to the elbows | целиком поглощённый (чем-либо) |
| gen. | up to the elbows | занятый по горло |