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| Russian | English |
| без толку сотрясать воздух | waste one's breath (igisheva) |
| впустую сотрясать воздух | waste one's breath (igisheva) |
| не сотрясать воздух | save one's breath (Save your breath. I'm leaving Taras) |
| понапрасну сотрясать воздух | waste one's breath (igisheva) |
| попусту сотрясать воздух | waste one's breath (igisheva) |
| сотрясать воздух | talk a big game (to say things that make people believe that one can do something or that something is true about oneself even though it is not true. They talk a good game, but they're not really ready for the championship. VLZ_58) |
| сотрясать воздух | berate the air (Abysslooker) |
| сотрясать воздух | beat one's gums (to waste time talking a great deal without results: I'm tired of beating my gums about this over and over. You're just beating your gums. VLZ_58) |
| сотрясать воздух | shoot the breeze (fa158) |
| сотрясать воздух | rend the air (о криках и т. п. Bobrovska) |