- К-53
- ИДТЙ/ПОЙТИ В КАНОССУ lit
VP
subj: human
often neg) to forsake one's pride and humble o.s. before s.o. , acknowledging one's defeat
X в Каноссу не пойдёт \К-53 X will not go to Canossa.From the name of a castle in Italy where the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV of Germany did penance before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.