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• ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ ПЕРЦУ кому highly coll

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1. Also: ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ (ПОКАЗЫВАТЬ/ПОКАЗАТЬ) ФЕФЕРУ <ПФЕФЕРУ> obs, coll [subj: human]

⇒ to reprimand s.o. harshly, take severe disciplinary measures:

- X задаст Y-y перцу{{}}≈ X will make it hot for Y;

- X will give it to Y good;

- X will show <fix> Y;

- X will give Y hell (what for);

- X will chew Y out.

     ♦ [Городничий:] ...Теперь же я задам перцу всем этим охотникам подавать просьбы и доносы (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] ... I'll show 'em. I'll show all those who fell over themselves to lodge complaints and denunciations against me (4c).

2. [subj: human or collect]

⇒ to defeat s.o. overwhelmingly (usu. a military adversary):

- X-ы задали Y-ам перцу{{}}≈ Xs routed (crushed, clobbered) Ys;

- Xs ran Ys into the ground.