Russian Idioms. Part II.

Idioms	Literal translation	Meaning
Быть не в своей тарелке	To be not in one's personal plate	To be not quite oneself, to be not quite at ease, to feel uneasy.
Быть на ножах	To be on the knives	To display mutual hostility.
Больной вопрос	A sore question	An urgent problem that is difficult to solve.
Белены объелся	Henbane it ate	Reason lost, behaves as abnormal, reckless. Henbane - poisonous plant.
В ус не дуть	In the whisker not to blow	Not to turn attention.
Верить на слово	To believe for the word	To rely on whose - or assertions, without the confirmation by facts, by proofs.
Валять дурака	To drag along fool	To amuse by foolish tricks.
Вешать лапшу на уши	To hang noodles to the ears	To deceive, to develop, to address teeth, to separate demagogy.

Денег куры не клюют	The hens don't peck at the money	One has plenty of money.
Делать из мухи слона	To make an elephant out of a fly.	To exaggerate the importance of a small matter.
Два сапога пара	Two boots make a pair	They are alike; (usually with reference to disposition, tastes, conduct, etc.)
Довести до белого каления	To bring to the white heat	To deprive composure, to anger, to infuriate.
Держи карман шире!	Hold pocket more widely!	Do not hope, do not design for anything, do not await anything.
Держать руку на пульсе	To hold hand on the pulse	To follow the proceeding events, to examine them and if necessary to react to the changes.
Дело в шляпе	The matter in the hat	Everything is good; all in the order, all are solved, it is successfully settled. On the successful completion, the outcome of anything.
Голодный как волк	Hungry as a wolf	Terribly hungry.
Голова идет кругом	One's head is going round	Someone has a lot to do, is in a state of bewilderment or confusion being worn out with troubles and worry.
Говорить под руку	To speak to someone's hand	To say something at the wrong time; to disturb someone when he is concentrating on something; to distract someone by talking.
Глаза разбегаются	One's eyes are running in different directions	One doesn't know what to look at first; one is dazzled by the sight of so many things; one is unable to concentrate on one thing.