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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) |
| blush like a black dog | стыд глаза не ест |
| blush like a blue dog | стыд глаза не ест |
| blush to the roots of one's hair | покраснеть до корней волос |
| make blush | вогнать в краску |
| make blush | вгонять в краску кого |
| paper does not blush | бумага не краснеет (Olga Okuneva) |
| paper won't blush | бумага всё терпит |
| pens may blot, but they cannot blush | бумага всё терпит (used ironically to mean: one can write down anything (e.g., any nonsense, any lie)) |