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Terms for subject Idiomatic containing S-turn | all forms | in specified order only
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not do a hand's turnпалец о палец не ударить (to do something: Jonah is not up on deck helping to hold the rudder, or to set a sail, or to do anything, not even a hand's turn to help the poor laboring vessel.)
not do a hand's turnне пошевелить и пальцем (Andrey Truhachev)
not do a hand's turnпальцем не шевельнуть (Andrey Truhachev)
that's a turn-up for the booksкто бы мог подумать (Well, that's a turn-up for the books – I never thought he'd get the job. • Well this is a turn-up for the books. After almost four years of banging the BlackBerry 10 drum it seems the Canadian firm has finally admitted defeat, launching its first Android smartphone. 4uzhoj)