срывать зло

• СРЫВАТЬ/СОРВАТЬ ЗЛО <СЕРДЦЕ obs> на ком, less often на чём coll

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to let out one's anger by shouting at or hurting an innocent person (animal), or by striking, breaking etc some object:

- X сорвал зло на Y-e ≈ X took it out on Y;

- X vented <took out, poured out> his fury (frustration, wrath etc) on Y;

- X vented his spleen on Y

     ♦ "На старичишке решила зло сорвать... Ты бы в городе кой-кому рёбра пересчитала бы..." (Искандер 4). "Had to take it out on a wretched old man. ...If you were going to break anyone's ribs, it should have been someone in the city" (4a).

     ♦ ...Если бы мы срывали зло на истинных виновниках дерьма нашей судьбы, то перед кем же тогда, спрашивается, Коля, мы извинялись бы, замаливали грехи?.. (Алешковский 1). If we took out our anger on the guys who're really to blame for all the shit in our lives, who could we apologize to afterward, who could we ask to forgive us? (1a).

     ♦ [author's usage] Встречала [Аксинья] где-нибудь Гришку и, бледнея, несла мимо красивое, стосковавшееся по нём тело... Чувствовал Гришка после встречи с ней сосущую тоску. Без причины злобствовал, рвал зло на Дуняшке, на матери... (Шолохов 2). If she [Aksinya] happened to meet Grigory somewhere, she would turn pale and carry her beautiful yearning body past him. ...After the encounter Grigory would feel the undertow of that yearning. He would lose his temper for no reason, vent his fury on Dunyashka and his mother... (2a).