Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
выйтй боком кому-н.
English translation:
turned out badly; backfired
Added to glossary by
GaryG
Oct 1, 2004 02:36
19 yrs ago
Russian term
выйтй боком кому-н.
Russian to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
A colloquialism. Perhaps something like "come back to haunt"???
Proposed translations
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| 4 +11 | turned out badly; backfired |
GaryG
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| 5 +2 | to turn out all wrong, most often because of someone's not so altruistic intentions... |
Montefiore
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| 4 | it's been a bummer |
Maria Talley
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Proposed translations
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turned out badly; backfired
From Lubensky's R>E Dictionary of Idioms
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Note added at 2004-10-01 02:42:07 (GMT)
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Other meanings given: caused a lot of trouble, did plenty of harm, got hurt when _ misfired, boomeranged, ....
You get the idea :-)
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Note added at 2004-10-01 02:42:07 (GMT)
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Other meanings given: caused a lot of trouble, did plenty of harm, got hurt when _ misfired, boomeranged, ....
You get the idea :-)
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Maria Talley
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Russian term (edited):
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it's been a bummer
from every day life experience
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Russian term (edited):
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to turn out all wrong, most often because of someone's not so altruistic intentions...
The expression is usually (or, most often) used in the following context:
Someone has an intention to avenge oneself, to one-up somebody, or to merely win at all costs, no matter what unethical means one has to resort to - well, if one is unethical, or not well-intentioned, then they say "ему/ей это выйдет боком". That's the most common context in which the expression is used.
A less frequent usage is the case when the intent was innocent, but the results were bad anyway. It can be compared to the following modern expression: "хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда" (we wanted to make things better, but things turned out to be as usual/ things turned out the way they usually do."
Someone has an intention to avenge oneself, to one-up somebody, or to merely win at all costs, no matter what unethical means one has to resort to - well, if one is unethical, or not well-intentioned, then they say "ему/ей это выйдет боком". That's the most common context in which the expression is used.
A less frequent usage is the case when the intent was innocent, but the results were bad anyway. It can be compared to the following modern expression: "хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда" (we wanted to make things better, but things turned out to be as usual/ things turned out the way they usually do."
Peer comment(s):
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Mikhail Kropotov
: also i would add another shade of meaning: "to produce adverse consequences of an action for someone other than the actor"
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thank you
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mk_lab
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спасибо, Миша
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