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| Subject | English | Russian |
| fig.of.sp. | stick a fork in | закончить (Охламон) |
| gen. | stick a fork in a potato | воткнуть вилку в картошку (a skewer into meat, a needle into the cushion, a candle in a bottle, a stick into the hole, a spade into the ground, a pin into a piece of paper, etc., и т.д.) |
| inf. | stick a fork in it | "игра закончена" (joyand) |