Talk:наводить страх

наводить страх
SOP:. --WikiTiki89 13:03, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep, a set expression. A learner of Russian would have no clue how to form the expression by knowing the parts. Also check with the Russian Wiktionary who has this entry, created by User:AKA MBG, also active here. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 00:11, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I can't comment on this phrase. But "would have no clue how to form the expression by knowing the parts" is not normally a sufficient reason to keep. The same is true for "make a bed", "set a table", "do the laundry", "have a son", "be the best", "go on vacation", etc., etc., etc. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 07:21, 3 January 2013 (UTC)


 * To me it is idiomatic. When I say "would have no clue how to form the expression by knowing the parts", I mean that наводить has originally a different meaning, not a common combination with emotions, perhaps just with страх (fear) and ужас (terror). The non-idiomatic combination would be "внушать страх" "to inspire fear". The following phrases are considered idiomatic in various dictionaries: наводить мосты (create bridges, break ice, create connections), наводить блеск (make smth look pretty or oneself), наводить порядок (tidy up, bring order) / наводить марафет (same, colloquial), наводить страх (as above), навести навет (libel, denigrate someone) but there are more. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 06:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * More importantly, the term is included in commercial dictionaries, e.g. a dictionary of Russian synonyms - Словарь русских синонимов и сходных по смыслу выражений.- под. ред. Н. Абрамова, М.: Русские словари, 1999., it lists the term as a synonym for испугать and пугать - to scare. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 06:18, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. —Stephen (Talk) 08:48, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Kept. bd2412 T 13:23, 12 August 2013 (UTC)