приказать долго жить

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Russian

Etymology

Literally "to command to live long". Popular etymology: a dying person, blessing the crowd of relatives, bequeathed (ordered) them to live long.

Pronunciation

Verb

приказа́ть до́лго жить (prikazátʹ dólgo žitʹpf (imperfective form is not used)

  1. (euphemistic, literary) to die
    Когда́ её оте́ц приказа́л до́лго жить, она́ уе́хала жить к тётке.
    Kogdá jejó otéc prikazál dólgo žitʹ, oná ujéxala žitʹ k tjótke.
    When her father died, she went to live to her aunt.
    • 1896, Лев Николаевич Толстой (Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy), Хаджи-Мурат [Hadji-Murad], →ISBN, page 61:
      Так вот отпиши: «Сын, мол, ваш Петруха до́лго жить приказа́л».
      Tak vot otpiši: «Syn, mol, vaš Petruxa dólgo žitʹ prikazál».
      Well now, write this: “Your son,” say, “Petey, has passed away.”
  2. (figurative, ironical, humorous, of a non-living thing) to cease to exist
    По́сле того́ как бы́ли повы́шены це́ны на бума́гу, наш журна́л приказа́л до́лго жить.
    Pósle tovó kak býli povýšeny cény na bumágu, naš žurnál prikazál dólgo žitʹ.
    After the price of paper increased, our magazine was terminated.

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