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[ждать/прождать у моря погоды]  {v. phr.}

[zhdat' u `morya po`godyi]

 {literally} to wait for the weather by the sea.

~wait for the sun to shine; ~sit with one's hands folded.

To wait in vain for smt.

* /Прождав у  […]

[жить как на вулкане]  {v. phr.}

[zhit' kak na vul`kane]

 {literally}

To live as on a volcano.

To be in constant anticipation of trouble.

Comp.:

[to sit on a powder-keg]

[to be living on the edge of a volcano]

[to be sitting on a  […]

[жить припеваючи]  {v. phr.}  {colloquial}

[zhit' prip'e`vayuchi]

 {literally}

To live humming.

To live an easy, pleasant life in prosperity. To live happily, in comfortable circumstances.

~to live in clover.

~to live humming a tune.