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| English | Russian |
| bow and scrape before | ломать шапку (перед кем-либо – someone; = пресмыкаться Leonid Dzhepko) |
| bow and scrape to | ломать шапку (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| low bow | низкий поступок (Stephenie Meyer "Twighlight" – That was a low bow, and I knew it. But there was no way I was being behind. Nataljapat) |
| second string to bow | запасной козырь в рукаве (DariaChernova) |