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a good deed that backfired

  • 1 У-131

    МЕДВЕЖЬЯ УСЛУГА coll NP sing only usu. obj of оказать fixed WO
    an action or gesture intended to help s.o. that unwittingly turns out to cause him trouble, discomfort etc
    a good deed that backfired
    misdirected good intentions (unintentional) disservice (do) more harm than good (in limited contexts) a lot of help that was!
    Соколов помялся: «Такое чувство, Виктор Павлович, что ваши хвалители и поклонники оказывают вам медвежью услугу, - начальство раздражается» (Гроссман 2). Sokolov hesitated for a moment. "I get the feeling, Viktor Pavlovich, that the people who sing your praises so unreservedly are doing you a disservice. It upsets the authorities" (2a).
    From Ivan Krylov's fable "Hermit and Bear" («Пустынник и Медведь»), 1808.2

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  • 2 медвежья услуга

    [NP; sing only; usu. obj of оказать; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ an action or gesture intended to help s.o. that unwittingly turns out to cause him trouble, discomfort etc:
    - [in limited contexts] a lot of help that was!
         ♦ Соколов помялся: "Такое чувство, Виктор Павлович, что ваши хвалители и поклонники оказывают вам медвежью услугу, - начальство раздражается" (Гроссман 2). Sokolov hesitated for a moment. "I get the feeling, Viktor Pavlovich, that the people who sing your praises so unreservedly are doing you a disservice. It upsets the authorities" (2a).
    —————
    ← From Ivan Krylov's fable "Hermit and Bear" ("Пустынник и Медведь"), 1808.

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