судить-рядить

• СУДИТЬ ДА <И> РЯДИТЬ (о ком-чём; СУДИТЬ-РЯДИТЬ all old-fash, coll

[VP; subj: human, often pi]

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⇒ to discuss s.o. or sth. thoroughly, in detail:

- X-ы судили да рядили{{}}≈ Xs were hashing and rehashing everything (some question etc);

- Xs were hashing (thrashing) things (it) out;

- Xs were talking it (things, everything) over;

|| X-ы судили и рядили об Y-e - Xs were hashing out (thrashing out, hashing and rehashing) thing Y (person Y's situation etc);

- Xs were talking over thing Y (person Y's behavior etc).

     ♦ Лизка была в боковушке. Такой уж порядок: пока судят да рядят старшие, девка в стороне (Абрамов 1). Lizka was in the side room. That was the custom: while her elders were thrashing things out, the girl kept away to one side (1a).