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| Russian | English |
| души не чаять в ком | worship (someone) |
| души не чаять в ком | adore (someone) |
| приглашать, звать на чашку чая | to tea (to ask someone.) |
| утопить в ложке чаю | cut one's throat with a feather |
| чай пить – не дрова рубить | drinking tea with pleasure isn't working without measure (used (as a jocular reply to someone's invitation to sit down and have a cup of tea) to mean: yes, thank you – tea drinking is pleasure, not hard labour) |
| чего не чаешь, то и получаешь | nothing is so certain as the unexpected |
| чего не чаешь, то и получаешь | it is the unexpected that always happens |