It’s always nice to be able to drop a colloquialism or two into a conversation, isn’t it?

So, if you happen to be conversing in Russian, and think your companion has not heard what you said, you might exclaim “Has a bear trodden on your ear?”. Or, if he or she appears to be talking nonsense, you might admonish them “Don’t make my socks laugh!”

And, in the event that there is a sudden, unexpected silence, you can wow everyone by exclaiming “Oh, another policeman’s just been born”.