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| English | Russian |
| an insect the size of a pinhead | букашка с булавочную головку |
| as small as a pinhead | с маковое зёрнышко (Anglophile) |
| Russia has two problems: pinheads and roads | в России две беды: дураки и дороги (Nikolai Gogol, the classic Russian novelist, used to say: "Russia has two problems: pinheads and roads." –  rbth.com dimock) |