the criminal alchemist Synda, who, it has been definitely proven, was in alliance with the devil's brood as well as with the Irukanian potentates..." (4a).
He хотите икону, убеждения не позволяют? - обойдемся простой репродукцией... От нечистой силы, от дурного глаза тоже хорошо помогает (Терц 5). You say you don't want an ikon, your convictions don't permit it? Then we'll manage with a simple reproduction... .It also gives good protection against the powers of darkness and the evil eye (5a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.