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ДЕЛО РУК чьих, кого usu. disapprov NP sing only usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum ( subj: это, abstr , or concr denoting the result of some action) or obj) sth. has been executed, carried out, or masterminded, by none other than the person specified ( usu. used in refer, to reprehensible actions): это дело рук X-a - this is X's handiwork

doing)

this is the work of X X (it is X who) has done it this has been arranged by X X is behind this (it) (in limited contexts) X is to blame (for this).

«Пропавший из машины бензин - это дело рук Реваза» (Чернёнок 2). "That missing gas-that's Revaz's handiwork" (2a).

Обоих парней убили в ту же ночь, как привели в тюрьму... Камера была большая, дружная, так и не дознались, чьих рук дело (Рыбаков 2). The two boys had been murdered the night they arrived at the prison....They had been put in a big cell, where the inmates were all friends, so it had been impossible to find out who had done it (2a).

Путешествие в Армению, квартира, пайки, договоры на последующие издания... - все это дело рук Бухарина (Мандельштам 1). The journey to Armenia, our apartment and ration cards, contracts for future volumes... - all this was arranged by Bukharin (1a).

«Да ведь как желш всё время лжём... как мы извращаем историю... да ведь Катынский-то лес - это же наших рук дело...» (Аксёнов 7). "We never stop lying, you know what I mean? We're constantly distorting history: the Katyn Forest incident-we're completely to blame" (7a).