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| Russian | English |
| дела идут плохо | coaxial machine gun (4uzhoj) |
| дела идут плохо | things go wrong (Dollie) |
| дела идут плохо | things turn sour |
| дела идут плохо | business is bad |
| дела шли плохо, но вдруг ему повезло | things were going bad and then he lucked out |
| плохо идут дела | do very poorly (They're doing very poorly, obviously. ART Vancouver) |