мухой
мухой adv [muhoj]
Quickly, asap. Adverbial slang term derived from the noun муха (fly). It draws a vivid comparison to the lightning-fast, unpredictable, and rapid flight of a fly. It is used to order or describe performing an action with absolute speed, urgency, and without a moment’s delay.
Но вот когда голодна или нужно одеться к подружке на улицу ― мухой всё делает.
But when she’s hungry or needs to get dressed to meet a girlfriend outside, she gets everything done in a hurry.
(Наши дети: Дошколята и младшие школьники (форум), 2005)
мухой (под) f [pod muhoj]
Drunk, tipsy. Used to describe someone who has had a few drinks but isn’t completely wasted (он пришёл домой слегка под мухой — “he came home slightly buzzed”).
Про экспертов в процессе можно писать отдельный роман — один учитель труда, другой — запойный алкоголик, который даже в суд являлся под мухой.
You could write a separate novel about the experts at the trial: one handicraft teacher and the other a drunken alcoholic, who even in court appeared wasted.
(Марина Юденич @ ЖЖ, 07/2010)
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