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providing (verb)

  • 1 Т-54

    ДЕРЖАТЬ В ЧЁРНОМ ТЕЛЕ кого coll VP subj: human the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO
    to treat s.o. severely, be unduly strict with s.o. etc (may refer to forcing s.o. to work excessively, providing a dependent person with only minimal subsistence, depriving s.o. of pleasure, treating s.o. as greatly inferior to o.s. etc)
    X держит Y-a в чёрном теле = X ill-treats Y
    X is very hard on Y X treats Y shabbily X makes Y's life miserable (in limited contexts) X keeps Y on short rations X holds Y down X keeps Y on a short leash.
    Казачьи офицеры... держались в чёрном теле, движение по службе было слабым... (Шолохов 3). The Cossack officers were...treated shabbily, promotion was slow... (3a).
    (author's usage) «Я думал их в чёрном теле попридержать и довести их, чтоб они на меня как на провидение смотрели, а они вон!..» (Достоевский 3). "I just wanted to keep them on short rations for a bit, so that they'd look upon me as a savior, but now look at them!..." (3a)
    Их (мешан) держала аристократия в чёрном теле... освобождённые, они... ввели свой порядок (Герцен 2). They (the petits bourgeois) had been held down by the aristocracy...
    set free, they...established their own regime... (2a).
    Больной Самсонов... подпал... под сильное влияние своей протеже, которую сначала было держал в ежовых рукавицах и в чёрном теле... (Достоевский 1). The ailing Samsonov...fell...under the strong influence of his protegee, whom he had at first kept in an iron grip, on a short leash... (1a).

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  • 2 держать в черном теле

    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
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    ⇒ to treat s.o. severely, be unduly strict with s.o. etc (may refer to forcing s.o. to work excessively, providing a dependent person with only minimal subsistence, depriving s.o. of pleasure, treating s.o. as greatly inferior to o.s. etc):
    - X держит Y-а в чёрном теле≈ X ill-treats Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X keeps Y on short rations;
    - X keeps Y on a short leash.
         ♦ Казачьи офицеры... держались в чёрном теле, движение по службе было слабым... (Шолохов 3). The Cossack officers were...treated shabbily, promotion was slow... (3a).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Я думал их в чёрном теле попридержать и довести их, чтоб они на меня как на провидение смотрели, а они вон!.." (Достоевский 3). "I just wanted to keep them on short rations for a bit, so that they'd look upon me as a savior, but now look at them!..." (3a)
         ♦ Их [мешан] держала аристократия в чёрном теле...; освобождённые, они... ввели свой порядок (Герцен 2). They [the petits bourgeois] had been held down by the aristocracy...; set free, they...established their own regime... (2a).
         ♦ Больной Самсонов... подпал... под сильное влияние своей протеже, которую сначала было держал в ежовых рукавицах и в чёрном теле... (Достоевский 1). The ailing Samsonov... fell... under the strong influence of his protegee, whom he had at first kept in an iron grip, on a short leash... (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > держать в черном теле

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