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| Russian | English |
| без меня меня женили | it's like you wake up and find your goose is cooked |
| без меня меня женили | it's been arranged over my head |
| без меня меня женили | I was roped in without being consulted (Anglophile) |
| без меня меня женили | gave me away without my O.K. |
| без меня меня женили | the absent party's fate is great |
| без меня меня женили | the absent are always in the wrong (the decision concerning me was taken in my absence, without my consent) |