приказать долго жить

приказать долго жить {informal} {v. phr.} {perf.}

pr'ika`zat' `dolgo `zhit'

To die; to break.

Мой только что купленный mp3-плеер только что приказал долго жить. — My brand new mp3-player has just broken.

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сыграть в ящик

[сыграть в ящик] {colloquial} {slang} {v. phr.} умереть See also: [приказать долго жить] www.sky-net-eye.com

жить как на вулкане

[жить как на вулкане] {v. phr.} [zhit' kak na vul`kane] {literally} To live as on a volcano. To be in constant anticipation of trouble. Comp.: [to sit on a powder-keg] […] Using "A book of Russian idioms illustrated" by M. Dubrovin, illustrated by V.Tilman

жить припеваючи

[жить припеваючи] {v. phr.} {colloquial} [zhit' prip'e`vayuchi] {literally} To live humming. To live an easy, pleasant life in prosperity. To live happily, in comfortable circumstances. ~to live in clover. ~to […] Using "A book of Russian idioms illustrated" by M. Dubrovin, illustrated by V.Tilman

break up

[break up] {v.} 1. To break into pieces. * /The workmen broke up the pavement to dig up the pipes under it./ * /River ice breaks up in the spring./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[тютелька в тютельку] {adv. phr.} ~ to a T; (to suite, to correspond) exactly; right the way it was supposed.

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