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| Russian | English |
| рыть глубоко | dig deep |
| рыть яму другому | dig the pit for another ("Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another." – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ART Vancouver) |
| самому себе рыть яму | ride for a fall |
| самому себе рыть яму | make a rod for one's own back |