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| Прокрустово ложе | Procrustes' bed (according to a Greek legend, Procrustes was a robber who claimed that he had a bed which fitted anyone; to make good his boast he stretched or cut his victim's legs Olga Okuneva) |
| уложить в прокрустово ложе | place on the Procrustean bed (Bobrovska) |
| уложить в прокрустово ложе | stretch on the Procrustean bed (Bobrovska) |
| уложить в прокрустово ложе | make fit the Procrustean bed (Bobrovska) |