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ПОЙТИ В КАНОССУ

• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В КАНОССУ lit

[VP; subj: human; often neg]

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⇒ to forsake one's pride and humble o.s. before s.o., acknowledging one's defeat:

- X в Каноссу не пойдёт••≈ X will not go to Canossa.

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← From the name of a castle in Italy where the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV of Germany did penance before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.