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Okay, so it's maybe a bit stronger than "to act cocky" in English, though the metaphor is the same.

P.S. I would also suggest "to pound/thump one's chest" (i.e., in the manner of a male gorilla)...

Because it totally kicks ass?

I mean, it's hard to top a lyric like "Russia's greatest love machine."

Another question: What's the best translation of петушиться?

My FIRST guess was that it must have something to do with prison homosexuality! ;-)

But that obviously makes no sense in this...

As a help for rockzmom and her daughter, here's my translation of this story:

[One could argue that Anna Vyrubova only invented Rasputin's "prophecy" about WWII after the war had already...