сушить сухари
Meaning: To prepare oneself mentally and materially for imprisonment or arrest.
Language: Russian
Literally: to dry rusks
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Rusks are hard, shelf-stable crackers; the phrase pictures a prisoner laying in preserved provisions before incarceration.
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