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1 treat smb. as mud
(treat smb. as mud (или as the mud beneath one's feet; тж. treat smb. like a dog, like dirt или like the dirt beneath или under one's feet))плохо обращаться с кем-л., обращаться с кем-л. хуже чем с собакой, не считать кого-л. за человека; смешивать кого-л. с грязьюHe thought he could treat people like dirt, the lying bastard! But she'd show him. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 19) — Он думает, что людей можно смешивать с грязью, подлая, лживая тварь! Но она ему покажет.
Rose: "Your friends treat me like dirt and so do you, only more polite..." (T. Rattigan, ‘Variation on a Theme’, act I) — Роза: "Твои приятели меня за человека не считают. Ты тоже, но делаешь это деликатнее..."
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