12.07.2018

Idiom: To Get Out of The Wrong Side of the Bed

You might have heard how Russians ask a person who is in a bad mood the following sentence: What is with you? Did you get out […]
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07.07.2018

Russian Idioms and the Memory

Today, we will discover three expressions related to the memory: Mark my words, Ivan not remembering his kin, Talk of the devil.
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05.07.2018

Russian Idioms: “Дело – Табак”

Дело – табак (literally: the thing is the tobacco which can be translated in English by the goose is cooked).
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02.07.2018

Idioms Linked with Religious Traditions

Одним миром мазаны (Tarred with the same brush) is used to compare two persons who have the same bad qualities.
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15.02.2016

The Language of Flowers in Russia

Offering flowers is the best way to express one’s warm feelings, gratitude or congratulations. However, there are several ethical canons in Russia that we got used […]
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07.12.2015

The short i, vowel or consonant (part 2)

In the first part of this article we explained you that in Russian alphabet, the letter Й (short i) is a strange letter. You can learn more […]
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