Х97
ЛОМАТЬ ХРЕБЕТ
VP 1. substand (suby. human) to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard ( usu. menial) work ( usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o. ): X ломает хребет - X is breaking his back
X is working his fingers to the boneX is working his tail (butt
etc) off.
2. \Х-97 кому-чему usu. media. Also: СЛОМАТЬ ХРЕБЕТ usu. media ( subj and indir obj: human or collect) to destroy or severely damage (some person, group, movement etc)
X ломает Y-y хребет = X breaks (destroys) Y
X breaks Y's back.