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| Russian | English |
| наказывать рублем | hit somebody in their pocketbooks (One way to keep bankers from behaving badly is to hit them in their pocketbooks with penalties that affect bonuses. Logofreak) |
| строго наказывать | slate |
| строго наказывать | throw the book (throw the book at – to punish or reprimand severely; "I just knew the professor would throw the book at me for being late with my paper"; This expression originally meant sentence a convicted person to the maximum penalties allowed, the book being the roster of applicable laws. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s Taras) |