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| Russian | English |
| Балканы не стоят костей одного единственного померанского пехотинца | the whole of the Balkans are not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier (Andrey Truhachev) |
| демократ до мозга костей | dyed-in-the-wool democrat (BE Andrey Truhachev) |
| демократ до мозга костей | yellow-dog democrat (AE Andrey Truhachev) |
| демократ до мозга костей | yellow dog democrat (My dad was a yellow dog Democrat; I'm what's called a "Yellow Dog Democrat." In a nutshell, that means I'd vote for a yellow dog before I'd vote for a Republican Mikhail.Brodsky) |
| джентльмен до мозга и костей | every inch a gentleman (ssn) |