Положить зубы на полку
Meaning: To go hungry; to tighten your belt.
Language: Russian
Literally: To put your teeth on the shelf
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: With nothing left to chew, you set even your teeth aside on the shelf — a stark image of destitution.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- 顔から火が出る — To burn with embarrassment.
- 발 벗고 나서다 — To throw yourself into helping wholeheartedly.
- Met de mond vol tanden staan — To be tongue-tied and lost for words.
- Μασάω τα λόγια μου — To mumble and not speak plainly.
- नाक रगड़ना — To grovel and beg humbly.
- שבר את הראש — To rack your brains over something.
More Russian idioms
- Считать ворон — To idle and let chances slip by.
- Гол как сокол — Dirt poor; without a thing to your name.
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- книга за семью печатями — Something utterly mysterious and incomprehensible; a complete enigma.
- в Тулу со своим самоваром — To do something pointless or wasteful; to bring something unnecessary or redundant to a p…
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