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What are Russian equivalents of the English idiom "It's a work in progress"?
To make this question self-sufficient, the definition of "work in progress" is "an unfinished project that is still being added to or developed". Usually it is supposed that it is developed slower than expected.
Тут ещё ничего не готово
Тут пока ничего не окончательно
Тут всё ещё очень сырое
Each of those fits in some contexts, and doesn't fit in others; none would work if you're talking about, say, learning a language. I don't think there's an expression that's as one-size-fits-all as "It's a work in progress" (which I feel other answerers have been interpreting too literally).
"Работа в процессе выполнения", "работа ведется", "я работаю над этим".
For example:
There is no exact synonym. There are many ways to indicate work in progress "ведётся работа" (work is being done), "мы работаем над этим" (we are working on this), "проблему уже изучают наши специалисты" (our specialists are already investigating the problem) are all likely the thing you need, but there is no set expressions not implying something else.
There's a word which is specifically about building construction in progress - "долгострой".
When finishing some building project - building, bridge or road takes more and more time and still far from being finished - it's exactly долгострой.
Quite often it's used not only about building. It can be used for describing state of software development (like here - "Долгострой в разработке ПО: о проблемах управления требованиями") or some political reforms - than it's "политический долгострой".
Still, this term is not universal. The closest you can get is затянувшаяся работа or незапланированно долго затянувшаяся работа.
Я не волшебник, я ещё только учусь
"I am not a sorcerer, I'm still learning"
In the original meaning, it was stressing more humility than unfinished work, but since then it has become more related to the latter than the former.
"Only kittens are got to be born quick"
the meaning is "This should take longer than you think"
In an informal situation, you can use a citation from the old cartoon:
Стрижка только начата!
In the cartoon, a lion wanted to cut hairs, but he was very impatient. He asked several times is the work finished. A crane (the hairdresser) answered each time "Not ready yet", and finally said Стрижка только начата!, what made the lion angry.
This phrase literally means "I've just begun", and is very famous.
