Дати драла

Meaning: To run away fast.

Language: Ukrainian

Literally: To give a bolt

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: A Ukrainian colloquialism for taking to your heels and fleeing the scene in a hurry.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Anar a pams — To proceed carefully, step by step.
• Tocar el dos — To clear off; to leave in a hurry.
• Að leggja höfuðið í bleyti — To sleep on a problem and think hard about it.
• Að kasta til höndunum — To do a job carelessly and in haste.
• Að taka einhvern á beinið — To give someone a stern talking-to.
• Mať dlhé prsty — To be light-fingered; a thief.

More Ukrainian idioms

• Розбити глек — To fall out and ruin a friendship.
• Брати ноги в руки — To hurry up and get moving quickly.
• Передати куті меду — To overdo something well past the right measure.
• Як сніг на голову — Completely out of the blue; totally unexpected.

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