вбить клин

• ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ КЛИН

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1. вбить клин между чем и чем, во что [subj: human or collect]

⇒ to force apart, disunite (armies, military units, or two component parts of an army or military unit) by driving one's forces between them (or it):

- X вбил клин между Y-ом и Z-ом{{}}≈ X drove a wedge between Y and Z.

2. вбить клин между кем и кем, между чем и чем [subj: human or abstr]

⇒ to cause alienation, dissociation, hostility (between two or more people, groups etc):

- X вбил клин между Y-ом и Z-ом{{}}≈ X drove a wedge between Y and Z;

- X caused a rift between Y and Z.

     ♦ ...Видимо, оно [институтское руководство] полагало, что профессор Эткинд ещё пригодится. Хоть и "вбил клин" между партией и литературой, но лекции читает, семинары проводит, с аспирантами занимается... (Эткинд 1). ...They [those in charge of the Institute] obviously thought that Professor Etkind could still be of some service. Although he had "driven a wedge" between the Party and literature, he was still giving lectures, running seminars, supervising graduate work... (1a).