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Terms for subject Idiomatic containing набить | all forms | exact matches only
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набить карманыpad one's pockets (SirReal)
набить руку вmaster the art of (чем-либо sankozh)
набить руку наmaster the art of (чем-либо sankozh)
набить себе шишекtake one'slumps (A 1935 Washington Post article explained that "[baseball pitcher] Dizzy Dean is popular with rivals again because he took his 'lumps' in good humor and bounced back to lead the league after overworking himself in 25 games." I don't think the writer meant that Dean had suffered some sort of physical harm, just that he had learned to accept his setbacks and overcome them with equanimity. VLZ_58)
набить себе шишекlearn something the hard way (VLZ_58)
набить шишекtake knocks (She took some knocks early in her career. george serebryakov)
набить шишекhave one's eyes blackened (VLZ_58)
набить шишекget/take one's lumps (VLZ_58)
набить шишкиtake one's lumps (You have to take your lumps before you succeed in that area. VLZ_58)