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| English | Russian |
| best seat in the house | лучшее место в театре (Shabe) |
| best view in the house | лучший вид на спектакль (Shabe) |
| everything was in a mess in the Oblonskys' house | всё смешалось в доме Облонских ('Everything was in a mess in the Oblonskys' house as Leo Tolstoy so truly put it, a remark which applied exactly to the present situation.  google.com Phyloneer) |
| in the dog house | в опале (обычно в отношениях с женой, девушкой Yuliya13) |
| in the dog house | в немилости (Yuliya13) |
| red cock will crow in his house | его подожгут (Bobrovska) |
| red cock will crow in his house | ему пустят красного петуха (Bobrovska) |