natrhnout někomu sako
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “make a tear in someone's jacket”.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
- (idiomatic) to give someone what for, to do somebody over
- 1936, Karel Poláček, Okresní město[1]:
- Mohutný muž rýpl studenta do boku, a ukazuje na vojáky, zařval z okna:„A stejně to nevyhrajete. Rus vám natrhne sako!“
- A huge man poked the student into his hip, and pointing at the soldiers he shouted out of the window: "You aren't going to win anyway. The Russians will give you over."
- 1971, “Psí kusy” (3:35 from the start), in Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát[2]:
- Se mi zdá, že mu natrhnu sako.
- I guess I'll give him what for.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see natrhnout, někdo, sako.