dát to někomu sežrat

English translation: lay into

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Czech term or phrase:dát to někomu sežrat
English translation:lay into
Entered by: Marek Obdrzalek

08:54 Feb 10, 2018
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Interview record
Czech term or phrase: dát to někomu sežrat
Kontext:
Tento zaměstnanec se s (osobou XX) potkává na poradách managementu, její chování by se prý nemělo tolerovat, je útočná a sprostá. Když si na někoho „zasedne“, dá „mu to sežrat“ i před kolegy. Je lidsky zlá. Od kolegů slyšel, že je (osoba XX) sprostá, cituje: .... "..."

Jedná se o záznam z pohovoru s jednotlivými zaměstnanci při řešení personálních problémů ve firmě.
Marek Obdrzalek
Czech Republic
Local time: 21:53
lay into
Explanation:

Another option along the same lines:

...she doesn't hesitate to lay into them right in front of their co-workers...
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Roni_S
Slovakia
Local time: 21:53
Grading comment
Thank you for your help. I especially liked that "doesn!t hesistate" like Stuart.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2let someone have it
Hannah Geiger (X)
4 +1lay into
Roni_S
4to chew someone out
Scott Evan Andrews
4rub his nose in it
Emil Kucera
3give someone grief
Stuart Hoskins


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to chew someone out


Explanation:
very common American English idiom

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Note added at 8 mins (2018-02-10 09:02:44 GMT)
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So that sentence might read: When she zeroes in on someone, she chews him/her out even in front of the colleagues..... :)



    Reference: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/chew-someone-out
Scott Evan Andrews
United States
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
give someone grief


Explanation:
"if she’s got it in for someone, she’ll even give them grief in front of their co-workers"

Stuart Hoskins
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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rub his nose in it


Explanation:
this will apply mainly to something in particular, kdy se ví, _co mu dá sežrat

Emil Kucera
Canada
Local time: 15:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech, Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
let someone have it


Explanation:
"if she picks on someone, she'll even let them have it in front of their colleagues"


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Note added at 6 hrs (2018-02-10 15:30:16 GMT)
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https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/let_someone_hav...



    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/let_someone_have_it
Hannah Geiger (X)
United States
Local time: 16:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lubosh Hanuska: I'd use this one too, common in Australian English
16 hrs
  -> Thank you wg

agree  Jiri Lonsky
1 day 1 hr
  -> Díky Jiří
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lay into


Explanation:

Another option along the same lines:

...she doesn't hesitate to lay into them right in front of their co-workers...

Roni_S
Slovakia
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you for your help. I especially liked that "doesn!t hesistate" like Stuart.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stuart Hoskins: I like the "doesn't hesitate", very neat.
23 hrs
  -> Thanks
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