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С ДУШКОМ
collPrepPInvarsubj-compl with copula or nonagreeing
modif )
1. ( subj: a noun denoting food) not fresh, decaying
X с душком - X is going bad
X is spoilingX smells bad (like itfc going bad).
2. с (каким) душком disapprov (subj: human, collect, or abstr
while in Russian the
modif ier may be only implied, the English equivalent in most cases will specify it) (used to show that the speaker thinks the views of some person or group, the direction taken by a newspaper, some theory
etc has a tendency to be ethically, politically
etc wrongin the Soviet context was also used to show that some phenomenon contradicted official ideology)
sth. is undesirable, harmful, marked by some unacceptable (as implied or specified by the context) tendency
X с (нехорошим) душком - X has a nasty smell to it
X с либеральным (консервативным, антисемитским ит.п.) душком = X is tainted by liberalism (conservatism, anti-Semitism etc)
X с сомнительным душком - X has a dubious (doubtful) air (about it (him etc)).