гнать в три шеи (gnat' v tri shei)

Meaning: To expel or drive someone away forcefully and without ceremony.

Language: Russian

Literally: to chase in three necks

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Origin uncertain; the image suggests violent ejection by grasping someone's neck and propelling them roughly out.

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язык проглотил (yazyk proglotil) — To be unable or unwilling to speak; to remain silent when words are called for.
до посинения (do posineniya) — To do something with extreme effort or persistence, usually futilely.
на коленке (na kolenke) — Done hastily and without proper tools or technique; improvised or makeshift.
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Couper les cheveux en quatre — To over-analyze or split hairs.

полтора землекопа (poltora zemlyekopa) — An absurdly small group; a nonsensical quantity that defies rational measure.
метать бисер перед свиньями (metat' biser pered svin'yami) — To offer something precious or refined to someone incapable of appreciating it.
сушить сухари (sushit' sukhari) — To prepare oneself mentally and materially for imprisonment or arrest.
отбросить копыта (otbrosit' kopyta) — To die, to kick the bucket.
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пан или пропал (pan ili propal) — To risk everything on a single venture; all or nothing, sink or swim.

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