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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | гонять чаи | lounge around drinking tea (Anglophile) |
| idiom. | чаи гонять | rub elbows with (to meet and talk with someone in a friendly way (Merriam-Webster): But Rubenstein had an insight that wound up defining Carlyle: Rich people and powerful people like to rub elbows with one another. (Washington Post) ART Vancouver) |
| humor. | чаи гонять | hobnob (with: I don't hobnob with Director of the CIA. -- С директором ЦРУ я чаёв не гоняю. ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | чаи гонять | drink tea (Mikhail11) |