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| Russian | English |
| на бедного Макара все шишки валятся | an unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea |
| набить себе шишек | take 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 шишек | learn something the hard way (VLZ_58) |
| набить шишек | take knocks (She took some knocks early in her career. george serebryakov) |
| набить шишек | have one's eyes blackened (VLZ_58) |
| набить шишек | get/take one's lumps (VLZ_58) |
| набить шишки | take one's lumps (You have to take your lumps before you succeed in that area. VLZ_58) |
| сделать важной шишкой | make into (someone); CNN Alex_Odeychuk) |