от ворот поворот

• ОТ ВОРОТ ПОВОРОТ (дать, показать кому, получить и т. п.) coll, occas. humor

[NP; Invar; usu. obj or indep. sent; fixed WO]

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⇒ (to give s.o., receive etc) a categorical refusal or negative response to a request, suggestion etc (often in the context of matchmaking):

- X дал Y-y от ворот поворот{{}}≈ X gave Y the gate (the brush-off);

- X brushed Y off;

- X sent Y packing (about Y's business);

- X turned thumbs down on Y;

- X turned Y down (away);

|| Y получил от ворот поворот{{}}≈ Y got the gate (the brush-off);

- Y was sent packing (about his business);

- Y got a flat rejection (refusal);

- Y was turned down (away);

- [in limited contexts] good-bye to...

     ♦ Его [Михаила] удивил яркий свет в своей избе, который он увидел ещё от задних воротец... Так, так, подумал Михаил. Сваты... Дадим от ворот поворот, но так, чтобы сватам обиды не было (Абрамов 1). Не [Mikhail] was surprised by the bright light in his house, which he noticed from the back gate. ...So that's it, thought Mikhail. Matchmakers. ...We'll send 'em about their business, but don't let's offend the matchmakers (1a).

     ♦ "Ну, после этого опять началось. Куда ни ткнёмся, всюду нам от ворот поворот..." (Айтматов 2). "Well, after that, naturally everything started up again. Wherever we go, we're turned away" (2a).

     ♦ [author's usage] [Афанасий:] Одну четвёрку [на вступительных экзаменах] он имеет? Имеет. Получит вторую - всё. Поворот от ворот... (Розов 1). [А.:] He has one В [on the entrance exams] and will likely get another. That means good-bye to the Agronomy Academy... (1a).