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| English | Russian |
| as black as your hat | тьма кромешная (Bobrovska) |
| as black as your hat | совершенно тёмно (In a quater of an hour it would be black as your hat! – Через четверть часа станет темно, хоть глаз выколи! Bobrovska) |
| as black as your hat | хоть глаз выколи (Bobrovska) |
| as black as your hat | непроглядная тьма (Bobrovska) |