пускать пулю в лоб

• ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ (СЕБЕ) ПУЛЮ В ЛОБ coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ to commit suicide by shooting o.s.:

- X пустил себе пулю в лоб{{}}≈ X put a bullet through his head (his brain);

- X put a gun to his head;

- X blew his brains out.

     ♦ "У нас, я помню, один подполковник тоже ожидал полковничьей папахи, а когда не дали, пустил себе пулю в лоб" (Войнович 6). "I remember we had a lieutenant colonel who was expecting a hat too-a colonel's papakha When they didn't give him one, he put a bullet through his head" (6a).

     ♦ [Львов:] Если он хоть один вечер проведет дома, то с тоски пулю себе пустит в лоб (Чехов 4). [L.:] If he spent [even one] evening at home he'd get so bored he'd blow his brains out (4b)