со всего плеча

• СО ВСЕГО ПЛЕЧА ударять, бить и т.п.

[PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]

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⇒ (to strike, hit etc s.o. or sth.) with a powerful, sweeping movement of one's whole arm:

- with a full swing of the <one's> arm;

- straight from the shoulder.

     ♦ Иван махнул топором со всего плеча и вместо сухой ветки срубил всю яблоньку. Ivan swung the ax straight from the shoulder, and instead of chopping the dead branch off the little apple tree, he took down the whole thing.