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| English | Russian |
| continue the streak | продолжать в том же духе (Alexsword92) |
| continue the streak | гнуть свою линию (Alexsword92) |
| his stubborn streak is a mile wide | очень упорный (настырный VLZ_58) |
| like a streak | как ветром сдуло (When he heard the news, he was out of the room like a streak. ART Vancouver) |
| like a streak | в мгновение ока (At this point one of the nurses – whose identity is surprisingly difficult to discern considering how well documented this case is – raced down the corridor and into a lavatory on the other side of the building and watched as the UFO rotated five times, then shot off "like a streak.  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| swear a blue streak | изрыгать проклятия (thefreedictionary.com lagartito) |
| talk a blue streak | быстро и много говорить (We bought a parrot, which never talked. But one day, the bird started talking a blue streak Taras) |
| talk a blue streak | говорить как заведённый (the use of the phrase blue streak to mean rapidly first occurred in American English in the 1830s, and is a reference to the speed of a bolt of lightning. To curse a a blue streak means to curse rapidly in a constant, unending stream of curse words: I talk a blue streak when I get nervous Taras) |