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В ШТЫКИ встретить, принять кого-что coll PrepP Invar adv

(to react to s.o. or sth. ) with hostility, (to be) violently opposed to sth. , ready to argue or fight with s.o. about sth. : (react to s.o. sth. ) with open (extreme) hostility

(give s.o. sth. ) a hostile reception (be) up in arms over (about, at) sth.

Все мои домашние встретили в штыки мое предложение официально удочерить Тоню (Гинзбург 2). All the members of my household were up in arms at my proposal to adopt Tonya (2a).