Ripping the shit

11:01 Oct 30, 2015
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English to Russian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Ripping the shit
Ripping the shit out of ...
Oleksandr Kazhurin
Ukraine
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Anton Konashenok


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[verb] the shit out of [noun]
см. пояснения


Explanation:
Это просто усилительная конструкция, в данном контексте примерно соответствующая русскому "до полусмерти" (если объект действия одушевленный). В начале может стоять любой подходящий глагол - beat, scare, kick, fuck и т.д. Вместо shit может стоять, например, hell, heck, fuck или daylights, наиболее частоупотребительное и "нормативное" слово здесь - hell; чуть более цветистый вариант - the _living_ shit/hell/daylights.

Употребляется эта конструкция и в других контекстах:
"Get the hell out of here!" - "Вали отсюда!"
"What the hell is going on?" - "Что за херня здесь происходит?"
"I own this place and I can do whatever the hell I want" - "Я здесь хозяин и что хочу, то и делаю"

Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

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agree  Erzsébet Czopyk: Anton, I am amazed by your knowledge of the nuances of Russian language
1 hr
  -> That's what we live for :)
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