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| English | Russian |
| a snake | гусь лапчатый (хитрец someone who always looks after his/her own interests on the sly) |
| a snake | жук |
| cherish a snake in one's bosom | пригреть змею на груди |
| cherish a snake in one's bosom | согреть змею на груди |
| cherish a snake in one's bosom | отогреть змею на груди |
| drain the snake | отлить (=справить малую нужду Liv Bliss) |
| have snakes in one's boots | напиться до белой горячки (Rust71) |
| see snakes | напиваться до белой горячки |
| snake in the grass | подколодная змея |
| snake oil | ненужная вещь (BroKE) |
| snake oil | нечто бесполезное (BroKE) |
| snakes and ladders | настольная игра (Some squares have pictures of ladders or snakes. If you come to a square with a ladder, you move up some squares. If you come to a square with a snake, you have to go down some squares. BroKE) |
| young grass snake | ужоныш (= ужонок) |