с рук долой

• С ПЛЕЧ <С РУК obj> ДОЛОЙ coll

[these forms only ; predic (impers or with subj: abstr); can be used in past, pres, and fut contexts; fixed WO]

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⇒ (in refer, to freeing o.s. from certain obligations, concerns, usu. upon conclusion of the matter in question) there is no need to worry about sth., burden o.s. with sth. anymore:

- (X) с плеч долой{{}}≈ [in past contexts] X <it> was off person Y's shoulders <back, mind>;

- Y got X <it> off his back.

     ♦ Странная мысль пришла ему вдруг: встать сейчас, подойти к Никодиму Фомичу и рассказать ему всё вчерашнее, всё до последней подробности... "Не обдумать ли хоть минуту? - пронеслось в его голове. - Нет, лучше и не думая, и с плеч долой!" (Достоевский 3). A strange thought suddenly came to him: to get up now, go over to Nikodim Fomich, and tell him all about yesterday, down to the last detail. ... "Shouldn't I at least think it over for a moment?" raced through his head. "No, better do it without thinking, just to get it off my back!" (3c).