English | Russian |
no matter how much you can wriggle and dance, the last drop invariably falls in your pants | труси, не труси – капля в трусы (употребляется мужчинами по отношению к мочеиспусканию) |
wait for the other shoe to drop | ждать неизбежной неприятности (aniutiktik) |
wait for the other shoe to drop | находиться в ожидании неприятного события (Once a company starts laying of employees, those who are still working feel they are waiting for the other shoe to drop. This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. [Early 1900s] VLZ_58) |