П71

(И) МЫ ПАХАЛИ coll (sentthese forms onlymay be used of one person or several peoplefixed WO

said mockingly of a person who claims to have helped in some work but actually did little or nothing

she etc ) was a big help!

some

big) help he (she etc) was!

(in limited contexts) we worked hard, didn't we?

«Тимченко утверждает, что работал вместе с вами над проектом». - «Он-то? И мы пахали! Да он ровно ничего не сделал». "Timchenko insists he worked on this project with you." "Him? Some help he was! He did absolutely nothing."

From Ivan Dmitriev's fable "The Fly" («Муха»), 1803.

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