Х12

(И) В ХВОСТ И В ГРИВУ highly collPrepPthese forms onlyadv (intensif)fixed WO

to an extreme degree, as intensely as possible

with all one's might

with might and mainwith all (everything) onefc got (one has)like nobody' business

гнать (погонять) (лошадей) \Х-12 » drive the (one's etc) horses for all they are worth

drive not sparing the (one's etc) horses

бить (лупить) кого \Х-12 - beat s.o. good and hard

beat the tar (the (living) daylights etc) out of s.o.

(in refer, to a hostile army, the enemy) лупить кого - » give s.o. a good thrashing.

"...Он тебя эксплуатирует в хвост и в гриву» (Трифонов 1). "...He exploits you like nobody's business" (1a).

Х13 →← Х110