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| Russian | English |
| порвать на нитки | literally to tare someone to shreads, but the meaning is to bleed someone dry or to rob someone blind |
| с миру по нитке – голому рубаха | in a pickle, take the nickel (highlights pooling small resources together to overcome a challenge Taras) |
| шито белыми нитками | it doesn't hold water (Maggie) |