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| Russian | English |
| 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)) |
| кукиш показать | thumb nose at (someone) |
| кукиш показать | give the finger |
| показать кукиш | cock a snook |
| показать кукиш | cock a snook |
| показать кому-либо кукиш в кармане | give the finger behind his/her back |
| 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)) |