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Щинка за щинкой гоняется с дубинкой

English translation: This pea soup is very thin (watery)

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Russian term or phrase:	Щинка за щинкой гоняется с дубинкой
English translation:	This pea soup is very thin (watery)
Entered by:	Clive Wilshin

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23:23 Dec 18, 2011

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Russian term or phrase: Щинка за щинкой гоняется с дубинкой

Щинка за щинкой гоняется с дубинкой, - оценил качество обеда краснощекий солдат-сибиряк в солдатской столовой в Забайкалье в далеком уже 1994 году.

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this soup is very thin (watery)

Explanation:
This is the meaning of this sentence

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Другой вариант: Крупинка за крупинкой гоняется с дубинкой:

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Щинка в данном контексте - составной компонент щей, традиционного русского супа.