Russian idioms decoded.

Без пяти минут

Bez pyati minut

literally: Without five minutes

Just about to be / On the verge of

Бросать деньги на ветер

Brosat dengi na veter

literally: To throw money into the wind

To throw money down the drain

Делать из мухи слона

Delat iz mukhi slona

literally: To make an elephant out of a fly

To make a mountain out of a molehill

Держать кулаки

Derzhat kulaki

literally: To hold fists

To keep one's fingers crossed

Душа в душу

Dusha v dushu

literally: Soul into soul

To live in perfect harmony / Hand in glove

Как две капли воды

Kak dvye kapli vody

literally: Like two drops of water

Like two peas in a pod / Identical

Как с гуся вода

Kak s gusya voda

literally: Like water off a goose

Like water off a duck's back

Кровь с молоком

Krov s molokom

literally: Blood with milk

The picture of health / Rosy-cheeked

Медвежья услуга

Medvezhya usluga

literally: Bear's service

A disservice / To do more harm than good

На все руки мастер

Na vse ruki master

literally: Master for all hands

A jack-of-all-trades / Handyman

На все сто

Na vse sto

literally: At all one hundred

100% / To the max

Ни рыба ни мясо

Ni ryba ni myaso

literally: Neither fish nor meat

Neither fish nor fowl / Wishy-washy

Повесить нос

Povesit nos

literally: To hang the nose

To look down in the mouth / To be downhearted

Устала как собака

Ustala kak sobaka

literally: Tired like a dog

Dog-tired / Dead tired

В голове каша

V golove kasha

literally: Porridge in the head

A muddle / To have a muddle in one's head

В ногах правды нет

V nogah pravdy net

literally: There is no truth in legs

Why don't you take a seat?

Воды в рот набрал

Vody v rot nabral

literally: Took water into the mouth

To be struck dumb / To keep mum

Встать не с той ноги

Vstat ne s toy nogi

literally: To get up not with the right foot

To get out of bed on the wrong side

За семью морями

Za semyu moryami

literally: Beyond seven seas

At the ends of the earth / Across the seven seas

Забить на всё

Zabit na vsyo

literally: To hammer on everything

To not give a damn / To write off