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| Russian | English |
| перегнуть палку | over-egg the pudding (Andrey Truhachev) |
| перегнуть палку | go overboard (with: to do something too much, or to be too excited or eager about something: I don't think there'll be more than six people eating, so I wouldn't go overboard with the food. -- так что я не стал бы перегибать палку  cambridge.org ART Vancouver) |
| перегнуть палку | lay it on with a trowel (Andrey Truhachev) |