Т256
ПУСКАТЬСЯ/ПУСТИТЬСЯ ВО ВСЕ ТЯЖКИЕ (ВО ВСЯ ТЯЖКАЯ
obs)
coll,
disapprovVPsubj:
humanmore often
pfv )
1. to begin to behave in a morally reprehensible manner ( usu. by starting to drink excessively, womanize etc)
X пустился во все тяжкие - X has plunged into dissipation (into a life of moral abandon)
X has become a wastrel (a profligate, a rake
etc)X has adopted (taken to) a disgraceful (shameful
etc) life styleX has abandoned himself to drinking (debauchery
etc).
2. to resort to any means ( occas. unlawful) in order to achieve one's aims
X пустился во все тяжкие = X went to all lengths
X pulled out all the stopsX went all outX did whatever it took.