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ТРЯХНУТЬ СТАРИНОЙ coll VP subj: human more often this WOJ to undertake the same thing(s) or do sth. in the same manner as one did earlier, usu. in one's youth

X тряхнёт стариной - X will revive

relive, bring back) a bit of the past

X will go back for a taste of the past

the good old days etc)

X will go back to the good old days (to his youth etc) (in limited contexts) X will go back to his old trade (hobby etc) X will rake (dredge) up the old skills.

...Ребров предложил скинуться, по трёшке, купить пару бутылок, сырку, колбаски. А он знает тут неподалеку отличное местечко. Мы так и сделали - решили тряхнуть стариной, как выразился Безымянный («Давненько не пил из горла!») (Зиновьев 2)... .Rebrov proposed that we each chip in three roubles and buy a couple of bottles and some cheese and sausage. And he knew just the place near by. So that's what we did-decided, as Nameless put it, to go back to the good old days ("its quite a while since I drank straight from the bottle") (2a).

«Ведь я, ты знаешь, от (врачебной) практики отказался, а раза два в неделю приходится стариной тряхнуть... Докторов здесь совсем нет» (Тургенев 2). "You see, as you know I've retired from my (medical) practice, but two or three times a week I still have to rake up the old skills....There are no doctors round here..." (2e).