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| English | Russian |
| busier than a three legged cat in a dry sand box | белка в колесе (Trey) |
| Draw a line in the sand | поставить ультиматум (to create or declare an artificial boundary and imply that crossing it will cause trouble.  thefreedictionary.com Pooh) |
| draw a line in the sand | обозначать свою позицию (Obama generally starts talking tough only to draw a line in the sand, erase it and then keep conceding ground to his opponents until they get most of what they want. iVictorr) |