П110
ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ ПЕРЦУ кому
highly collVP 1. Also: ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ (ПОКАЗЫВАТЬ/ПОКАЗАТЬ) ФЁФЕРУ (ПФЁФЕРУ) obs, coll (subj: human to reprimand s.o. harshly, take severe disciplinary measures
X задаст Y-y перцу = X will make it hot for Y
X will give it to Y goodX will show (fix) YX will give Y hell (what for)X will chew Y out.
2. (subj: human or collect) to defeat s.o. overwhelmingly ( usu. a military adversary): Х-ы задали Y-ам перцу = Xs routed (crushed, clobbered) Ys
Xs ran Ys into the ground.
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П111 →← П11