наломать дров

• НАЛОМАТЬ ДРОВ coll, disapprov

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to make a lot of blunders, do very foolish things (usu. as a result of reckless, rash behavior, careless decision making):

- X наломал дров{{}}≈ X screwed <botched, messed> things up;

- X screwed (botched, messed) it (all) up;

- X made a (real) mess of things;

- [in limited contexts] X got himself in(to) a mess <a fix>;

|| Neg Imper не наломай дров{{}}≈ don't do anything stupid.

     ♦ "Наверно, одурел Алик от страха... Когда после регистрации билета он на своём "Запорожце" укатил из аэропорта, мне чутьё подсказывало, наломает дров" (Чернёнок 2). "Alik must have freaked out. ...When he drove off [from the airport] in his Zaporozhets after registering the ticket, my instincts told me that he would screw things up" (2a).

     ♦ "Эх, молодость, молодость, наломают дров, а потом: "Дядя, выручай!"" (Максимов 2). "Ah, you young people-get yourselves in a mess and then come yelling for help!" (2a).

     ♦ "Что ты думаешь делать? - Горбун с тревогой следил за его [Влада] лихорадочным одеванием. - Куда пойдёшь?" - "Ещё не знаю". - "Не наломай дров" (Максимов 2). "What are you going to do?" The hunchback anxiously watched Vlad as he feverishly got dressed. "Where will you go?" "I don't know yet." "Don't do anything stupid" (2a).