Х-102

НА ХРЕНА НА ХРЕН НА КОЙ XPEH all highly coll , rude PrepP these forms only adv

used in questions, rhetorical questions, and exclamations to express annoyance, irritation, and/or a complete lack of interest in s.o. or sth. : why the hell (the devil, the frig)

what the hell (the devil, the frig) (for) why in (the) blazes the hell with ( s.o. sth.).

Я сейчас сидел и думал, - продолжал отец, - на кой хрен нам нужна халупа, там же нет ничего хорошего... (Соколов 1). I was just sitting and thinking—continued father, —why the hell do we need that hovel, there's nothing good out there... (1a).

«Путается, хочет все объяснить, а на хрена нам его объяснения?» (Искандер 5). "Не kept getting tangled up, wanting to explain everything. What the frig did we want with his explanations?" (5a).

Какая баба!.. Ей бы и быть председателем. И на хрена нам кого-то со стороны искать» (Абрамов 1). "...What a woman!...If only she could be Chairwoman, and the hell with searching for one on the outside" (1a).