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[с бухты-барахты]  {adv. phr.}  {colloquial}  {slang}

[s `buhtyi-ba`rahtyi]

Offhand; off the cuff; suddenly; without rhyme or reason.

* /Чего ты примчался как с бухты-барахты? — Why have you come tearing along,  […]

[сваливать вину], [валить вину]  {v. phr.}  {informal} or [перекладывать вину]  {v. phr.}  {formal}

to pass the blame to smb. else, often to an innocent person.

* /One should never pass the blame to somebody else.  […]

[сесть в лужу] или [сесть в галошу]  {v. phr.}  {informal}  {perf.}

to get oneself into a mess / fix; to be in a spot, make a fool of oneself, to put one's foot in it.

* /Thank you for your support, without it I could easyly get  […]

[сколько лет, сколько зим]  {interj.}

Used to express a delight when you meet someone you have not seen for a long time.

[слон в посудной лавке]  {n. phr.}  {literary}

[slon v po`sudnoj `lavk'e]

 {literally}

Elephant in china shop.

See: [bull in a china shop]

[смотреть в оба]  {v. phr.}

[smotr'et' v oba]

 {literally} to look through both.

To look attentively; to be closely observant; to be on the alert; to be particularly watchful.

Comp.:

[to keep one's eyes peeled/skinned].

See also:

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[смотреть (уставиться) как баран на новые ворота]  {v. phr.}  {informal}

[smot`ret' (u`stavit'sya) kak ba`ran na `noviye vo`rota]

 {literally}

To stare at like a ram at a new gate.

~ [give an empty stare]

To look at  […]

[смотреть сквозь пальцы]  {v. phr.}

[smotr'et' skvoz' `pal'syi]

 {literally} to look through one's fingers.

To pay no attention to sth. Not to care about sth.

* /Когда я начал курить мои родители  […]

[собаку съесть] (на чем-л.)  {informal}  {v. phr.}  {perf.}

[so`baku s'est']

 {literally} to eat a dog

To gain experience in sth. To be very experienced.

~ [cut one's teeth on] — ~ [набивать шишки].

* /Он на  […]

[спустя рукава]  {adv. phr.} or [работать спустя рукава]  {v. phr.}

 {literally} (to work) rolling down the sleeves.

To work reluctantly, carelessly.

The ancient Russian clothes were with long sleeves going down to the  […]