cut to pieces

cut to pieces
(cut (pick, pull или tear) to pieces (smb. или smth.))
1) (smb. или smth.) раскритиковать, разнести (в пух и прах) кого-л. или что-л.

...if I didn't think there was a lot in it that was awfully good I wouldn't bother pulling it to pieces. (M. Dickens, ‘Thursday Afternoons’, ch. VII) — ...если бы я не считала, что в этой книге очень много хорошего, я не стала бы ее так критиковать.

If I picked his idea to pieces in front of you he would have died. (M. Wilson, ‘Live with Lightning’, ch. V) — Если б я в вашем присутствии сказал, что его идея никуда не годится, он бы просто умер.

‘Gentlemen,’ said the mayor, as he took his stand in front of an august array of legal talent which was waiting to pick his argument to pieces... ‘I miscalculated but one thing in this case.’ (Th. Dreiser, ‘Twelve Men’, ‘A Mayor and His People’) — - Джентльмены, - сказал мэр, обращаясь к августейшей комиссии, состоявшей из самых видных юристов, готовых вдребезги разбить его аргументацию... - В этом деле я просчитался только в одном...

2) (smb.) злословить, судачить о ком-л.; ≈ перемывать косточки кому-л.

...they would tear a brother author to pieces the moment that his back was turned. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’, ch. III) — ...они нещадно злословили о своем собрате-писателе, стоило ему только от них отвернуться.

Poor Joe, it isn't fair to pull him to pieces as soon as he's out of the room. (M. Dickens, ‘The Angel in the Corner’, ch. 2) — Бедный Джо! Чего только не говорят о нем за его спиной! Это несправедливо.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • cut to pieces — {v. phr.} 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. * /Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors./ 2. To destroy or defeat completely. * /The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians./ * /When Dick… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cut to pieces — {v. phr.} 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. * /Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors./ 2. To destroy or defeat completely. * /The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians./ * /When Dick… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • cut to pieces — phrasal : to impose crushing defeat and loss upon : decimate a unit cut to pieces by the enemy fire …   Useful english dictionary

  • To cut to pieces — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cut — (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cut — (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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