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ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ (ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ) ЖАРУ кому highly coll VP subj: human usu. pfv )

1. to scold s.o. severely

X дал Y-y жару ' X gave Y hell

X gave it to Y good X chewed (bawled) Y out X raked Y over the coals X let Y have it (with both barrels) Y caught hell (from X).

2. ( subj: usu. pi) to fight s.o. ( usu. a hostile army, the enemy) vehemently

to overwhelm, defeat s.o. : Х-ы задали Y-ам жару - Xs gave it to Ys hot Xs crushed (clobbered, routed) Ys Xs ran Ys into the ground.

Перестрелка стала стихать, и из боковой улицы высыпали оживленные говором солдаты. «Цел, Петров?» - спрашивал один. «Задали, брат, (французам) жару. Теперь не сунутся», - говорил другой (Толстой 4). When the shooting on both sides began to die down, soldiers in animated conversation streamed out of a side street "Not hurt, Petrov?" asked one. "We gave it to them (the French) hot, brother. They won't mess around with us again," said another (4a).

3. to do sth. very intensely, with maximum effort

X дает жару - X is going all out

X is really going at it ( at his work etc ) X is going at it ( at his work etc ) hammer and tongs ( usu. in refer, to a physical activity, task etc) X is (doing sth. ) with might and main.