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| English | Russian |
| as secret as the grave | нем как могила (Wakeful dormouse) |
| go to the grave | уйти в землю (grafleonov) |
| have one foot in the grave | быть одной ногой в могиле (Example: I was so sick, I felt as if I had one foot in the grave. He's been telling everyone he's got one foot in the grave for years now. Denis Lebedev) |