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И ШАТКО И ВАЛКО (И НА СТОРОНУ) жить, делать что и т. п. obs, coll AdvP these forms only adv usu. used with impfv verbs fixed WO

(to live, do sth. etc) very badly: I couldn't be worse (it couldn't be worse, he couldn't have done it worse etc)

as bad as can be.