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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | бальзам на душу | music to my ears (Taras) |
| fig. | бальзам на душу | tonic (You are a tonic; His cheerful greeting was a real tonic. Arky) |
| idiom. | бальзам на душу | music to one's ears (glosbe.com GeOdzzzz) |
| idiom. | бальзам на душу | balm for/to the soul (A drive through the countryside is balm for a weary soul. VLZ_58) |
| fig.of.sp. | как бальзам на душу | honey in the ears (Ying) |
| idiom. | бальзам на душу | balm to the spirit (The forest and the lapping water of the great river were a balm to the spirit. VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | бальзам на душу | heart-balm (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | бальзам на душу | recreation (ssn) |
| idiom. | проливать бальзам на душу | spread balm on soul (And yet, I also felt an unfamiliar calm which spread its balm on my soul, that the God of mercy would forgive me these, that He would take pity on my sincere contrition, on my bitter sorrow... VLZ_58) |
| Makarov. | эта песня как бальзам на душу | the song is balm to the soul |