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  • 141 в кусты

    В КУСТЫ (уходить, прятаться и т. п.) coll
    [PrepP; Invar; predic (with subj: human) or adv]
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    to (try to) avoid doing sth. (taking responsibility for sth., participating in sth. potentially dangerous etc) out of cowardice, fear:
    - X (уходит) в кусты X chickens < backs> out;
    - [in limited contexts] X dodges (sth.)
         ♦ [author's usage] [Гомыра:] По кустам он [Вася] никогда не прятался, друзей в беде не бросал (Вампилов 3). [G.:] He's [Vasia has] never chickened out of anything, never left a friend in the lurch (3a).
         ♦ Они за уважаемого [Иванько] только до тех пор, пока сила на его стороне. Чуть уважаемый качнулся, они - в кусты (Войнович 3). They were for their respected colleague [Ivanko] only as long as he had the power. As soon as he stumbled, they slunk away (3a).
         ♦ Шли молча; против моховского дома Иван Алексеевич, не выдержавший тошного молчания... сказал: " Нечего греха таить: с фронта пришли большевиками, а зараз [regional = сейчас] в кусты лезем!" (Шолохов 3). They walked on without speaking. As they were passing Mokhov's house, Ivan could bear the hateful silence no longer and...said, "You can't get away from it. We were Bolsheviks when we came home from the front, and now we're running for cover!" (3a).
         ♦ "Значит, вы ничем не хотите помочь партии. Разговор доходит до дела - и в кусты, так, что ли? Дерьмо вы, дерьмо собачье!" (Гроссман 2). "So you don't want to help the Party? Just when we get to the point, you try and hide. It's like that, is it? You're shit, real dogshit!" (2a).
         ♦ "Как я отвечу на такие вопросы? Неужто мой костюм даёт мне право на ответ? Он не даёт мне никаких особых прав, но лишь обязывает". - "Вот он и обязывает тебя не уходить в кусты от таких вопросов" (Аксёнов 6). "How can I answer such questions? Do you think my garb gives me the right to give you the answers? It gives me no special rights; it only places me under an obligation." "So it also places you under an obligation not to dodge questions like this" (6a).

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