сколько душе угодно

• СКОЛЬКО ДУШЕ УГОДНО coll

[subord clause with быть; used as adv; usu. pres; fixed WO]

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⇒ (to do sth.) without any limitations, restrictions, to the extent one wants:

- to one's hearth content;

- (for) as long as one likes <pleases>;

- as much as one likes <pleases>;

- (for) as long as one's heart desires;

- as much as one's heart desires.

     ♦ "Она под вымышленной фамилией, под которой все меня узнавали, высмеивала меня сколько душе угодно в стенгазете" (Пастернак 1). "...She made fun of me to her heart's content in the wall newspaper, referring to me by some invented name that everyone could see through" (1a)

     ♦ [Бугров:] ...Жить можете тут сколько вашей душе угодно, хоть до Рождества... (Чехов 1). [В.:] You can live here as long as you like - till Christmas, even (1b).