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| Subject | Russian | English |
| inf. | сибирский валенок | hick from the sticks (Liv Bliss) |
| inf. | сибирский валенок | hayseed (Liv Bliss) |
| gen. | тупой, как сибирский валенок | dumb as a fish |
| idiom. | тупой как сибирский валенок | dumb as a doorknob (Баян; Not an error, but I've also heard of "as a sack of hair" and "as a box of rocks (in the rain)." Liv Bliss) |
| inf. | тупой как сибирский валенок | not the sharpest tool in the shed (Ballistic) |
| inf. | Тупой как сибирский валенок | in his/her head, there's nobody home (He might be the nicest person in the neibourhood but in his head, there’s nobody home.) |
| gen. | тупой, как сибирский валенок | as dumb as a fish |