задавать жару

задавать жару {v. phr} {informal}

~ see: sock it

Comp.:

давать прикурить

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преподать урок

[преподать урок] {v. phr.} [pr'epo`dat' u`rok] ~ [teach a lesson] Comp: [задавать жару] [показать где раки зимуют] [затыкать за пояс] www.sky-net-eye.com

затыкать за пояс

[затыкать за пояс] {v. phr.} [zatyi`kat' za `pojas] {perf.}: заткнуть за пояс ([za`tknut' za `pojas]). {literally} to stick someone behind one's belt. ~ to surpass, to outstrip, to outdo smb, […] Using "A Book of Russian Idioms Illustrated" by M. I. Dubrovin

дать прикурить

[дать прикурить (кому-л.)] {v. phr.} {informal} [dat' priku`rit'] {literally} To give a light to smb. To give a hard time. To give the works (or business). To reject, rebut; to […] www.sky-net-eye.com

sock it

[sock it] {v. phr.}, also {interj.}, {slang}, {informal} To give one's utmost; everything one is capable of; to give all one is capable of. * /Right on, Joe, sock it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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задавать жару

[задавать жару] {v. phr} {informal} ~ see: [sock it] Comp.: [давать прикурить]

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