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| Subject | Russian | English |
| saying. | кому пироги и пышки, кому синяки и шишки | some get the buns and pies and some the bumps and black eyes (Anglophile) |
| proverb | кому пироги и пышки, кому синяки и шишки | some get the buns and pies, others the bumps and black eyes |
| gen. | он набил много синяков и шишек, пока рос в городе | he had taken a lot of lumps growing up in the city |
| Makarov. | он получил много синяков и шишек, пока рос в городе | he had taken a lot of lumps growing up in the city |
| cliche. | синяки и шишки | bumps and bruises ("A man is being treated for some bumps and bruises after a dramatic rescue on the Coquitlam River Saturday." (News 1130) ART Vancouver) |