показать зубы

• ПОКАЗЫВАТЬ/ПОКАЗАТЬ ЗУБЫ (кому) coll

[VP; subj: human; fixed WO]

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1. to respond to some question or remark angrily, rudely, in a curt manner:

- X показал (Y-y) зубы{{}}≈ X retorted sharply;

- X snapped (back) at Y;

- X bit Y's head off.

2. to display the malicious side of one's nature, display hostility, a readiness to repulse s.o.:

- X показал зубы{{}}≈ X showed <bared> his teeth <fangs>.

     ♦ ...Он убивается, пулю таскает то Дудыреву, то следователю... Их мутит от этой пули, зубы показывают, как [собака] Калинка при виде палки (Тендряков 1). ...He was eating his heart out, taking that bullet around, first to Dudyrev, then to the Assistant Prosecutor. They hated this bullet, almost baring their teeth at it, like Kalinka [the dog] at the sight of a stick (1a).