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set the Thames on fire verb

  • (chiefly, in the negative, idiomatic) To achieve something amazing but to a nearly-impossible degree; to do something which brings great public acclaim.
 вы́думать по́рох, доста́ть луну с неба, дотяну́ться до звёзд
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