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| Russian | English |
| военная косточка | an officer (a soldier) to the core (the marrow VLZ_58) |
| военная косточка | soldier's soldier (VLZ_58) |
| военная косточка | every inch a soldier (an officer VLZ_58) |
| военная косточка | an officer a soldier through and through (VLZ_58) |
| и рыбку съесть, и косточкой не подавиться | have cake and eat it (wordsbase) |
| перемывать косточки | berate (Katharine’s boudoir was directly above; Celia heard her on the phone, berating some poor soul. Abysslooker) |
| перемывать косточки | dish the dirt (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| перемывать косточки | spill the tea |
| рабочая косточка | natural-born worker (VLZ_58) |
| рабочая косточка | worker born and bred (VLZ_58) |
| рабочая косточка | worker, body and soul (VLZ_58) |