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| English | Russian |
| be too quick by half | слишком торопиться (Wakeful dormouse) |
| by half | слишком уж |
| by half | чересчур |
| by half | слишком |
| by the minute | поминутно (tanultorosz) |
| dropped down directly by God | ниспосланный богом (If you truly feel you have something pertinent to share, you can do so, but do it in a way that looks like you are trying to be helpful, not like you have every answer and you have been dropped down directly from God to save this situation. VLZ_58) |
| old guy who is way past his sell-by date | старая калоша |
| rustling softly by the slate, th' roof is sliding off, my mate | тихо шифером шурша, крыша едет не спеша (copyright MichaelBurov) |
| too clever by half | больно умный |
| too clever by half | слишком умный |
| without so much as a by-your-leave | без разговора (Liv Bliss) |