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| Subject | English | Russian |
| idiom. | be like red rag to a bull | действовать, как красная тряпка на быка (BrE: действовать на кого-либо как ...(AmE has: like waving a red flag in front of a bull): Just mentioning his ex-wife's name was like a red rag to a bull 'More) |
| gen. | it was like a red rag to a bull | это подействовало, как красная тряпка на быка |
| gen. | like a red rag to a bull | как красная тряпка для быка (Anglophile) |
| idiom. | red rag to a bull | провокация (Something that will cause an angry or violent reaction. A red rag to a bull is something – perhaps a comment or a criticism – intended to deliberately provoke someone else into reacting negatively. Kireger54781) |
| inf. | show a red rag to a bull | разъярять, провоцировать (Don't ask Charles why his wife left him, that would be like showing a red rag to a bull! acebuddy) |