The Russian language is highly idiomatic. The idioms, part and parcel of the language, add immensely to its richness. Their variety is accounted for by the historical development of the Russian language. More often than not Russian idioms are a stumbling block for non-Russian speakers, as they fail to understand Russian, both written and spoken, without the mastery of a sufficient number of idioms, especially those which occur most frequently. This book is intended primarily for English speaking students of Russian who have a knowledge or the essentials of Russian grammar and are familiar with a basic Russian vocabulary. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге A Book of Russian Idioms Illustrated (Дубровин Марк Исаакович)