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| English | Russian |
| go round the bend | свихнуться (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| pound a square peg into a round hole | натягивать сову на глобус (pelipejchenko) |
| pound a square peg into a round hole | притягивать за уши (pelipejchenko; someone who does not fit in a particular place or situation. She felt like a square peg in a round hole at the new school until she made some new friends. sarayli) |
| square peg in a round hole | не в своей тарелке (ParanoIDioteque) |
| turn the question round the other way | подойти с другой стороны (Linch) |