каши просят

• КАШИ ПРОСЯТ coll

[VP; subj: a noun denoting heavy, sturdy footwear or individual parts of shoes or boots; pres or past]

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⇒ s.o.'s boots (shoes etc) are in bad condition, in need of repair:

- X-ы каши просят{{}}≈ Xs need mending (to be repaired);

- Xs need to be taken to the shoemaker Os);

- Xs have holes in them;

- Xs are worn out.

     ♦ "Главное, у него тогда было платьишко скверное, штанишки наверх лезут, а сапоги каши просят" (Достоевский 1). "The main thing was that he had such shabby clothes then, and his pants were riding up, and his boots had holes in them" (1a).