Д399
КРИВИТЬ/ПОКРИВИТЬ ДУШОЙ (перед кем, в чём против чего)
collVPsubj:
humanfixed WO to say sth. one knows to be false or do sth. one knows to be wrong, ignoring one's conscience ( usu. pretending to be sincere while attempting to deceive s.o. or o.s. ): X кривит душой (перед Y-ом) - X is lying (to Y)
X is bending the truthX is playing false (with Y)X isn't being straight (with Y)(in limited contexts) X is going (acting
etc) against his conscience (in doing
sth. )
X кривит душой перед самим собой — X is deceiving (trying to deceive) himself
не кривя душой - without dissembling
(in limited contexts) without holding anything back.
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