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| Russian | English |
| бабьи сказки | old wives tales |
| как в сказке | puppies and rainbows (Taras) |
| как в сказке | live happily ever after (The classic ending to English-language fairy tales is "And they all lived happily ever after." Can be used jokingly or sarcastically. Liv Bliss) |
| кормить сказками | feed fables from hand (Taras) |
| рассказывать сказки | pitch a line (to tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something: Don't you dare pitch me a line about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight. • I suspect he's just pitching a line about where all that money came from. 4uzhoj) |
| рассказывать сказки | give someone a song and dance (about something; to offer a complicated excuse for something that is difficult to believe: Every time she is late she gives me a song and dance about oversleeping. 4uzhoj) |
| рассказывать сказки | yarn |
| сделать сказку былью | turn this dream into reality (Alex_Odeychuk) |