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ТРЕПАТЬ/ИСТРЕПАТЬ (ПОТРЕПАТЬ, ПОР-ТИТЬ/ИСПОРТИТЬ) НЁРВЫ coll VP subj: usu. hu man)1. \Н-83 кому. Also.МОТАТЬ/ИЗМОТАТЬ (ВЫМАТЫВАТЬ/ВЫМОТАТЬ) НЁРВЫ coll to make s.o. very nervous, upset, worried etc: X треплет Y-y нервы = X makes Y a nervous wreckX plays havoc with Y's nerves X wears Y out (with his demands ( pestering etc)) X shatters Y's nerves."...Вот они где у меня сидят, эти интуристы! - интимно пожаловался Коровьев, тыча пальцем в свою жилистую шею... - Приедет... и или нашпионит, как последний сукин сын, или же капризами все нервы вымотает: и то ему не так, и это не так!..»(Булгаков 9). "Those foreign tourists, I've got them up to here!" Koroviev complained confidentially, poking his fingers at his scrawny neck. u...They'll come and spy around, like sons of bitches, or else they'll wear you out with their demands: this isn't right, and that isn't right!..." (9a).2. — (себе) to be very nervous, wear o.s. out with excessive worryX треплет себе нервы - X is becoming (making himself) a nervous wreckX is wearing out his nerves.Зачем ты треплешь себе нервы из-за таких пустяков? Why make yourself a nervous wreck over such trifles?...«Это прямо стало невыносимым, с этими людьми какие угодно нервы испортишь!» (Платонов 1). ( context transl) "It's become simply unbearable, the strongest nerves will wear out with these people!" (1a).
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