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| Subject | Russian | English |
| inf. | кукиш показать | flip the bird (Секретарша показала своему начальнику кукиш в кармане. The secretary thumbed her nose at her boss behind his back.; не согласиться, отказать to disagree or reject someone in a rude way (figuratively and literally)) |
| inf. | кукиш показать | thumb nose at (someone) |
| inf. | кукиш показать | give the finger |
| gen. | показать кукиш | bite the thumb at somebody |
| Gruzovik, inf. | показать кукиш | cock a snook |
| Makarov., amer. | показать кукиш | give the finger to |
| obs. | показать кому-либо кукиш | bite the thumb at |
| inf., fig. | показать кукиш | cock a snook |
| Makarov., engl. | показать кукиш | cock a snook at |
| gen. | показать кукиш | bite one's thumb at somebody |
| gen. | показать кому-либо кукиш | stick one's finger up at (someone Abysslooker) |
| inf. | показать кому-либо кукиш в кармане | give the finger behind his/her back |
| inf. | показать кому-либо кукиш в кармане | thumb nose at behind his/her back (Секретарша показала своему начальнику кукиш в кармане. The secretary thumbed her nose at her boss behind his back.; выразить трусливое, робкое несогласие to express disagreement or rejection in a cowardly manner (in Russian literally "to show 'a fig' in one's pocket," a fig being a rude gesture in the form of a fist with the thumb protruding between the index and middle fingers)) |