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defeat utterly (Taras); totally; Cats and dogs (Aprilen); well and truly beaten (Our team was well and truly beaten – Нашу команду разгромили в пух и прах Taras); in one's finest (with verbs of dressing) | |||
thoroughly; completely; utterly | |||
rub out (Yeldar Azanbayev) | |||
good and proper | |||
put to complete rout (разбить, разгромить); beat all to pieces (разбить, разгромить); put to complete rout (разбить, разгромить) |
в пух и прах : 183 phrases in 18 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 3 |
Australian | 1 |
Chess | 3 |
Diplomacy | 1 |
Figurative | 5 |
Figure of speech | 1 |
General | 80 |
Humorous / Jocular | 2 |
Idiomatic | 17 |
Informal | 15 |
Makarov | 36 |
Mass media | 1 |
Obsolete / dated | 8 |
Proverb | 2 |
Slang | 4 |
Sports | 1 |
Teenager slang | 2 |
Theatre | 1 |