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1 сидеть на пороховой бочке
General subject: sit on a powderkeg, sleep on a volcano, sit on a volcano, sit on a barrel of gunpowder, sit on a powder kegУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сидеть на пороховой бочке
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2 жить как на вулкане
General subject: sleep on a volcano, sit on a volcano, sit on a powder keg, live under precarious conditionsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > жить как на вулкане
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3 жить на пороховой бочке
General subject: sit on a powder kegУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > жить на пороховой бочке
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4 жить как на вулкане
[zhit' kak na vulkan'e]
To live as on a volcano.
To be in constant anticipation of trouble.
Cf. To sit on a powder-keg; to be living on the edge of a volcano; to be sitting on a volcano. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > жить как на вулкане
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