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отправить восвояси (4uzhoj); прогнать (кого-либо); сделать кому-либо резкое замечание; дать резкий отпор (кому-либо В.И.Макаров); осадить (кого-либо В.И.Макаров); прогнать взашей ("What did you do?" the ancestor asked, all agog, and the McCorkadale gave that sniffing snort of hers. (...) "I sent him away with a flea in his ear. I pride myself on being a fair fighter, and his proposition revolted me." (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver); дать от ворот поворот ("What did you do?" the ancestor asked, all agog, and the McCorkadale gave that sniffing snort of hers. (...) "I sent him away with a flea in his ear. I pride myself on being a fair fighter, and his proposition revolted me." (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver); дать кому-либо пощёчину (В.И.Макаров) |
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выставить за дверь ("What did you do?" the ancestor asked, all agog, and the McCorkadale gave that sniffing snort of hers. (...) "I sent him away with a flea in his ear. I pride myself on being a fair fighter, and his proposition revolted me." (P.G. Wodehouse))
ART Vancouver); дать под зад коленом (("What did you do?" the ancestor asked, all agog, and the McCorkadale gave that sniffing snort of hers. (...)"I sent him away with a flea in his ear. I pride myself on being a fair fighter, and his proposition revolted me." (P.G. Wodehouse)
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to turn one away forcefully or angrily (primarily heard in UK, Australia: That's the third time they've asked for a donation this week. Send them away with a flea in their ear! • My mother sent me away with a flea in my ear when I asked her if I could quit piano lessons.  thefreedictionary.com); if somebody sends a person away with a flea in their ear, they tell them angrily to go away (When he came to ask for his job back, we sent him away with a flea in his ear. thefreedictionary.com) |
