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gen. we'll show you something you've never seen (Khrushchev turned to his own interpreter, Viktor Sukhodrev, and explained: “When I was at the exhibition with Nixon, it [the phrase] was translated incorrectly. It’s very simple: ‘We’ll show you something you’ve never seen’.” rbth.com Yakov F.)
idiom. put through a wringer (Artjaazz); make it hot for (someone В.И.Макаров); fix someone's wagon (В.И.Макаров); show someone what's what (Anglophile); give what for (dissenter); teach someone what's what (Anglophile); show someone what is what (VLZ_58); tan someone's hide (VLZ_58); have someone for breakfast (VLZ_58); have someone's guts for garters (VLZ_58); teach someone a lesson
Игорь Миг, fig., low nail one's balls to the wall
Игорь Миг, idiom. give someone the works; blow up; retaliate against (конт.)
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