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1 fix smb.'s wagon
амер.; разг.1) помешать успеху, провалить кого-л.; проучить кого-л.; опозорить, запятнать кого-л., погубить чью-л. репутацию; расстраивать, нарушать чьи-л. планы; ≈ испортить всю музыку, спутать все картыIf he sues me for slander, I will counter-sue him for malicious prosecution. That will fix his wagon! (DAI) — Если он подаст на меня в суд за клевету, я в свою очередь подам на него за злонамеренное судебное преследование, и ему не поздоровится.
2) убить, укокошить кого-л.; расправиться с кем-л.I liked that girl well enough, but I gave her a shove anyway, and she said her brother would fix my wagon, which he did right here at the corner of my mouth. I've still got a scar where he hit me with a Coca-Cola bottle. (T. Capote, ‘The Grass Harp’, ch. I) — Мне эта девчонка здорово нравилась, но я все равно ей наподдал, и она сказала - ничего, ее брат разукрасит мне вывеску, и он таки разукрасил: у меня до сих пор шрам в углу рта, так он двинул меня бутылкой из-под кока-колы.
A woman who had stabbed her husband to death... ‘I sure fixed his wagon,’ she said. (DAS) — Женщина, которая зарезала своего мужа, признала... "Да. Я действительно убила его".
3) отшлёпать ребёнка (тж. fix smb.'s little red wagon)Stop that right away or I'll fix your (little red) wagon! (DAI) — Хватит безобразничать. Не то я тебя хорошенько отшлепаю.
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