левая нога хочет

• КАК, ЧТО, ЧЕГО и т.п. ЧЬЯ ЛЕВАЯ НОГА ХОЧЕТ/ЗАХОЧЕТ coll

[VPsubj; these forms only; usu. subord clause; fixed WO]

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⇒ (what) a person feels inclined to do, (how) a person feels inclined to act etc (usu. in refer, to foolish, reckless behavior or arbitrary actions undertaken by a person who follows only his own whims):

- ...как (что, когда и т. п.) Х-ова левая нога захочет{{}}≈ however (what (ever), when(ever) etc) X pleases;

- what(ever) (however it, when(ever) it) suits X's fancy;

- when(ever) the spirit moves X.

     ♦ "...В колхозе - как левая нога у начальства захочет. Захочет - даст, захочет - не даст. Иди в лес, серому волку жалуйся, вот и вся конституция" (Максимов 2). [context transl] "...In a kolkhoz everything depends on what sort of mood the bosses are in. If they feel like it, you'll get what's due to you - if they don't you won't. Go into the forest and complain to the wolves-that's all the law there is on a kolkhoz" (2a).