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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | обрывать телефон | jam the switchboard (someone's Viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | обрывать телефон | make a telephone ring off the hook (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | обрывать телефон | make the telephone ring off the wall (VLZ_58) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | обрывать телефон | use the telephone too often |
| idiom. | обрывать телефоны | melt the phones (Catherine-the-Brave) |
| gen. | телефоны обрываются | phones are ringing off the hook (already phones at the firm are ringing off the hook as headhunters trawl for talented investment bankers Olga Okuneva) |