another phrase

[William Ryan]

Quite an old saying - see in Dal's dictionary, s.v. kol - but I can't 
think of a good English equivalent.

Will Ryan


Sarah Hurst wrote:
> Can anyone shed any light on this phrase? 
>
>  
>
> В ресторане «Кавказский» на Невском в Ленинграде сказал ему: «Знаешь, Миша,
> я вот вычитал: первая рюмка колом, вторая соколом, прочие мелкими
> пташечками».
>
>  
>
> Is it something invented or something said regularly? Any ideas for a
> translation?
>
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>
> Thanks,
>
>  
>
> Sarah Hurst
>
>   

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