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РУБИТЬ (ПОДРУБАТЬ) СУК, НА КОТОРОМ СИДИШЬ coll VP subj: human usu. 2nd or 3rd pers) to do sth. that will bring harm or trouble upon o.s.: X рубит сук, на котором сидит = X is cutting his own throat X is sawing the branch he's sitting on (in limited contexts) X is cutting off his nose to spite his face.(author's usage) Александр слышал наш спор. После работы он спросил меня: «А вы понимаете, что рубите ветку, на которой сидите? Начальство не любит, когда ему доказывают, что оно темнит и выдаёт говно за золото...» (Копелев 1). Aleksandr had overheard our argument. After work he asked me: "Do you realize that you're sawing the branch you're sitting on? The bosses don't like to be shown that they're gold-bricking and passing shit off as gold" (1a). -
2 подрубать сук, на котором сидишь
• РУБИТЬ < ПОДРУБАТЬ> СУК, НА КОТОРОМ СИДИШЬ coll[VP; subj: human; usu. 2nd or 3rd pers]=====⇒ to do sth. that will bring harm or trouble upon o.s.:- [in limited contexts] X is cutting off his nose to spite his face.♦ [author's usage] Александр слышал наш спор. После работы он спросил меня: "А вы понимаете, что рубите ветку, на которой сидите? Начальство не любит, когда ему доказывают, что оно темнит и выдаёт говно за золото..." (Копелев 1). Aleksandr had overheard our argument. After work he asked me: "Do you realize that you're sawing the branch you're sitting on? The bosses don't like to be shown that they're gold-bricking and passing shit off as gold" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подрубать сук, на котором сидишь
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3 рубить сук, на котором сидишь
• РУБИТЬ < ПОДРУБАТЬ> СУК, НА КОТОРОМ СИДИШЬ coll[VP; subj: human; usu. 2nd or 3rd pers]=====⇒ to do sth. that will bring harm or trouble upon o.s.:- [in limited contexts] X is cutting off his nose to spite his face.♦ [author's usage] Александр слышал наш спор. После работы он спросил меня: "А вы понимаете, что рубите ветку, на которой сидите? Начальство не любит, когда ему доказывают, что оно темнит и выдаёт говно за золото..." (Копелев 1). Aleksandr had overheard our argument. After work he asked me: "Do you realize that you're sawing the branch you're sitting on? The bosses don't like to be shown that they're gold-bricking and passing shit off as gold" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рубить сук, на котором сидишь
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