до свадьбы заживёт
Meaning: A minor injury or problem will resolve itself naturally and quickly.
Language: Russian
Literally: by the wedding it will heal
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The phrase pictures an absurdly short timeframe—a wedding—as sufficient for recovery, playing on the idea that time heals all small wounds.
More idioms — Daily Life
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- оставаться в дураках — To be tricked or made a fool of; to lose or come out the worse in a situation.
- под башмаком — Dominated or controlled by one's wife; henpecked.
- отложить в долгий ящик — To postpone or shelve something indefinitely, leaving it forgotten.
- на все четыре стороны — In any direction one wishes; to go wherever one pleases.
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- надуться как мышь на крупу — To become angry or offended; to sulk or huff indignantly.
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