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| Russian | English |
| наплести с три короба | give someone a song and dance (It had to be that way. Just as when Marriott called me up and gave me a song and dance about a jewel ransom payoff it had to be because I had been to see Mrs. Florian asking about Velma. (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| наплести с три короба | spin the whole yarn (SergeiAstrashevsky) |
| наплести с три короба | give a long song and dance (about something Anglophile) |