К-103

НА ВСЮ (ПОЛНУЮ) КАТУШКУ highly coll PrepP these forms only adv (intensif) fixed WO

1. (one does sth. or, less often, sth. is operating) to one's or its full capacity, to the fullest extent possible

to the fullest

to the max giving it all (everything) one's got giving it one's best shot going (the) whole hog with might and main (in refer, to volume or capacity) (at) full blast

жить - - make the most of one's life

live life to the fullest

веселиться (праздновать) \К-103 \К-103 live (whoop) it up

have the time of onefe life (in limited contexts) have a big bash (of a party) be in full swing

влюбиться \К-103 = be (fall) head over heels in love

fall for s.o. hook, line, and sinker

высказаться - - hold nothing back

leave nothing unsaid.

Он мог опять привести ее к себе, в свою комнату. ...Но сдерживала примитивная мужская осторожность. Возобновить отношения - да. Но не на полную катушку (Рыбаков 2). ( context transl ) He'd be able to take her to his room again... .But he was restrained by a primitive male cautiousness. They would rekindle their affair, fine, but this time he wasn't going to get in too deep (2a).

2. наказать кого, взыскать с кого, влетело, досталось кому - и т. п. (to punish s.o. , s.o. is punished etc) extremely severely: X-a наказали (X-y влетело) \К-103 - X got (they gave X) the full treatment (the works)

X got it (they gave it to X) (but) good they went hard on X X was shown (they showed X) no mercy they threw the book at X.

«Воровал мой оголец, как ни попадя ( ungrammat = всё, что попадётся). Я тряпьё на базар таскала. Сколько верёвочке ни виться... Он подельников выгораживал, всё на себя взял, ему на всю катушку...» (Максимов 3). "Не stole everything he could lay his hands on, this man of mine. I used to take it all down to the market to sell. It caught up with us in the end... .He wouldn't squeal on his mates, he took all the blame, so they gave him the full treatment. ." (3a).