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ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ) ЖАРУ кому
highly collVPsubj:
humanusu. pfv )
1. to scold s.o. severely
X дал Y-y жару ' X gave Y hell
X gave it to Y goodX chewed (bawled) Y outX raked Y over the coalsX let Y have it (with both barrels)Y caught hell (from X).
2. ( subj: usu. pi) to fight s.o. ( usu. a hostile army, the enemy) vehemently
to overwhelm, defeat
s.o. : Х-ы задали Y-ам жару - Xs gave it to Ys hotXs crushed (clobbered, routed) YsXs ran Ys into the ground.
3. to do sth. very intensely, with maximum effort
X дает жару - X is going all out
X is really going at it ( at his work
etc )X is going at it ( at his work
etc ) hammer and tongs(
usu. in refer, to a physical activity, task
etc) X is (doing
sth. ) with might and main.
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