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ши́ворот • (šívorot) m inan (genitive ши́ворота, nominative plural ши́вороты, genitive plural ши́воротов)
- collar
- (colloquial) collar, scruff of the neck
- схвати́ть за ши́ворот ― sxvatítʹ za šívorot ― seize by the scruff of the neck, grab by the collar
- вы́тащить за ши́ворот ― výtaščitʹ za šívorot ― drag out by the collar
1899, Лев Николаевич Толстой (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy), Воскресение , book 1, chapter 22:Он чу́вствовал себя́ в положе́нии того́ щенка́, кото́рый ду́рно вел себя́ в ко́мнатах и кото́рого хозя́ин, взяв за ши́ворот, ты́чет но́сом в ту га́дость, кото́рую он сде́лал.- On čúvstvoval sebjá v položénii tovó ščenká, kotóryj dúrno vel sebjá v kómnatax i kotórovo xozjáin, vzjav za šívorot, týčet nósom v tu gádostʹ, kotóruju on sdélal.
- He felt himself in the position of a puppy, who has behaved badly in its owner's apartment, and which the owner, seizing it by the scruff of the neck, sticks its nose in the mess that it made.
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