Talk:наводить страх

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наводить страх

SOP: наводить (navodít', “bring on”) +‎ страх (strax, “fear”). --WikiTiki89 13:03, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Keep, a set expression. A learner of Russian would have no clue how to form the expression by knowing the parts. Also check with the Russian Wiktionary who has this entry, created by User:AKA MBG, also active here. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 00:11, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

I can't comment on this phrase. But "would have no clue how to form the expression by knowing the parts" is not normally a sufficient reason to keep. The same is true for "make a bed", "set a table", "do the laundry", "have a son", "be the best", "go on vacation", etc., etc., etc.​—msh210℠ (talk) 07:21, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

To me it is idiomatic. When I say "would have no clue how to form the expression by knowing the parts", I mean that наводить has originally a different meaning, not a common combination with emotions, perhaps just with страх (fear) and ужас (terror). The non-idiomatic combination would be "внушать страх" "to inspire fear". The following phrases are considered idiomatic in various dictionaries: наводить мосты (create bridges, break ice, create connections), наводить блеск (make smth look pretty or oneself), наводить порядок (tidy up, bring order) / наводить марафет (same, colloquial), наводить страх (as above), навести навет (libel, denigrate someone) but there are more. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 06:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

More importantly, the term is included in commercial dictionaries, e.g. a dictionary of Russian synonyms - Словарь русских синонимов и сходных по смыслу выражений.- под. ред. Н. Абрамова, М.: Русские словари, 1999., it lists the term as a synonym for испугать and пугать - to scare. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 06:18, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

• Keep. —Stephen ^(Talk) 08:48, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Kept. bd2412 T 13:23, 12 August 2013 (UTC)