Т200
ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ (ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ) ТРЁПКУ кому
highly collVP 1. Also: ЗАДАВАТЬ/ ЗАДАТЬ (ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ) ВЗБУЧКУ (ВЫВОЛОЧКУ) highly coll (subj: human to beat s.o. severely
X задал Y-y трёпку — X gave Y a good beating (thrashing)
X knocked (beat) the tar (the crap, the shit
etc) out of Y(in limited contexts) X whipped (flogged) Y.
2. Also: ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ (ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ) ВЗБУЧКУ (ВЫВОЛОЧКУ) highly coll (subj: human to rebuke s.o. severely, reprimand s.o. harshly
X задал Y-y трёпку — X gave Ya (good) dressing-down (tongue-lashing)
X gave Y hellX bawled (chewed) Y outX gave it to Y (but good).
3. (subj: human ( usu. pi) or collect) to overwhelm and defeat a hostile army, the enemy: Х-ы задали трёпку Y-ам = Xs crushed (routed, clobbered) Ys
Xs ran (drove) Ys into the groundXs gave Ys a bashing.
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