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| Russian | English |
| заставить кровь застыть в жилах | make one's blood run cold (Mr. Wolf) |
| который когда-либо жил на этой земле | as ever trod shoe-leather (idiomatic, archaic) As ever existed or lived. – Treading shoe-leather refers to walking, in the sense of "walking on this earth". В.И.Макаров) |
| кровь вскипает в жилах | blood is up (DariaChernova) |
| найти свою золотую жилу | have a good thing going (plushkina) |
| напасть на золотую жилу | hit a gold mine (moevot) |
| нащупать золотую жилу | hit the mother lode (повстречаться с удачей; Washington Post Alex_Odeychuk) |
| рвать жилы | break one's back (To put forth a great deal of effort.
I've been breaking my back trying to get a passing grade this semester, so failing by two measly points is incredibly frustrating.
Don't break your back trying to please these people–they'll never appreciate it.
 thefreedictionary.com Dominator_Salvator) |
| шоб я так жил! | God bless my soul! (для выражения удивления askandy) |
| Шоб я так жил! | I could get used to it (yashenka) |