matryoshka
/ˌmatrɪˈɒʃka
/(also matryoshka doll)
noun (plural matryoshki /ˌmatrɪˈɒʃki/)
Another term for Russian doll.As a whole it resembles the Russian matryoshka doll - layers of complexity which render easy solutions such as plebiscite or partition impracticable and call for a more sophisticated approach....
- The space doll - a matryoshka, or traditional Russian nesting doll - is actually a close-to-lifesize head and torso made of soft material to simulate human tissue, with embedded sensors to measure radiation exposure.
- Perhaps the best-known lacquered Russian folk art piece is the matryoshka, a series of wooden dolls that nest inside each other.
Origin
1940s: from Russian matrëshka.
- kicking
- kicking strap
- kick off
- kick on
- kick oneself
- kick one's heels
- kickout
- kick over the traces
- kick plate
- kick-pleat
- kickshaw
- kick (some) ass (or butt)
- kick someone around
- kick someone in the pants (or up the backside)
- kick someone in the teeth
- kick someone out
- kick someone's ass (or butt)
- kick someone/thing to the curb
- kick someone upstairs
- kick someone when they are down
- kick something around (or about)
- kick something in
- kick something into touch (or into the long grass)
- kick something off
- kicksorter