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ехать зайцем ― jexatʹ zajcem ― to be a stowaway (literally, “to ride as a hare”)
2009, V. Y. Kungurceva, Ведогони, или Новые похождения Вани Житного:
Мо́жно бы́ло за́йцами е́хать на электри́чке или на авто́бусе, но опя́ть ведь пробле́ма гвозде́нья встава́ла!
Móžno býlo zájcami jéxatʹ na elektríčke ili na avtóbuse, no opjátʹ vedʹ probléma gvozdénʹja vstavála!
We could have taken the electric train or the bus as stowaways, but again the problem of nagging!
Usage notes
Hares are much more common in Russia than rabbits; thus, за́яц(zájac) is used in Russian stories as the default, unmarked term for a lagomorph, where in English stories one would use rabbit or bunny.
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