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ПРОКАТИТЬ НА ВОРОНЫХ кого obsoles, iron VP subj: human, pi often 3rd pers pl with indef. refer.) to vote against s.o., not elect s.o.: Х-ы прокатили Y-a на вороных = Xs blackballed Y Xs voted Y down (in limited contexts) Xs voted Y out of office Y was well and truly beaten....Он изъявил готовность баллотироваться... Против обыкновения, его прокатили на вороных (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Не...expressed his readiness to run for election....But against all expectation, he was well and truly beaten (1a).This is a play on words. The word «вороной» usually means a black horse, but here it denotes the color of black balls used to represent negative ballots (19th cent.). -
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• ПРОКАТИТЬ НА ВОРОНЫХ кого obsoles, iron[VP; subj: human, pi; often 3rd pers pl with indef. refer.]=====⇒ to vote against s.o., not elect s.o.:- [in limited contexts] Xs voted Y out of office;- Y was well and truly beaten.♦...Он изъявил готовность баллотироваться... Против обыкновения, его прокатили на вороных (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). Не... expressed his readiness to run for election....But against all expectation, he was well and truly beaten (1a).—————← This is a play on words. The word "вороной" usually means a black horse, but here it denotes the color of black balls used to represent negative ballots (19th cent.).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > прокатить на вороных
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