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[лёгок на помине]  {turn of speech}

[`l'iogok na po`minye]

 {literally} ~volatile if/while mentioned.

 {informal} said when somebody appears suddenly while he is being (or has just been) thought of or talked about.

 {origin}

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[лиха беда начало]  {proverb}

[li`kha be`da na`chalo]

~the first step is the hardest

 {literally}

Beginning is a hard evil.

Often said to encourage somebody, when the person is about to do (begin) some nontrivial task, work, etc.

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[лыка не вязать] or [еле лыка вязать]  {v. phr.}  {informal}

[`lyika ne vya`zat']

1. Almost not being able to produce an articulate speech (being tired, or asleep or drunk).

2. Be too drunk to make any sense.

3. Not to  […]