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[танцы с бубном] or [танцы с бубнами] or [пляски с бубном] {n. phr.} {jokingly} {informal} {used by technical guys}
{literally} [tambourine dansing]
A set of sophisticated and unobvious actions (for example, not […]
[тише воды, ниже травы] {adj. phr.} or {adv. phr.}
[`t'ishe vo`dyi, n'i`zhe tra`vyi]
{literary} quieter than water, lower than grass.
1. {adj. phr.} utterly modest, imperceptible, inoffensive.
* /После серьёзного […]
[то, что доктор прописал] {n. phr.} {informal}
[`to chto `doctor prop'i`sal]
Exactly what is needed, required or wanted.
Eq.: [just what the doctor ordered]
See:
[надо-б лучше, да нельзя],
[в самый раз]
[тютелька в тютельку] {adv. phr.}
~ to a T;
(to suite, to correspond) exactly; right the way it was supposed.
[тянуть за язык] {v. phr.}
{literally}
To pull someone by the tongue.
To make someone say smt; to pump someone.
* /Ну зачем ты вчера затеяла этот разговор? Кто тебя за язык тянул? — Why did […]