П-418

ВГОНЯТЬ/ВОГНАТЬ В ПОТ кого о?// VP subj: human

1. ( usu. impfv ) (often in refer, to physical labor) to compel s.o. to work a lot and very intensely

X вгонял Y-a в пот - X worked Y hard (into the ground)

X made Y work very hard X pushed Y to the limit X drove Y hard (relentlessly).

До сдачи проекта оставались считанные дни, и Нефедов не только сам работал по шестнадцать часов в сутки, но вгонял в пот даже самых ленивых своих подчиненных. There were precious few days left before the project was due, and not only did Nefedov himself work sixteen hours a day, he pushed even the laziest of his workers to the limit.

2. to cause s.o. to feel extremely agitated, disquieted etc: X вогнал Y-a в пот = X made Y very nervous

X got Y all nervous X made Y sweat X threw Y into a panic.