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English translation: Hasn't your father knocked some sense into you/hasn't your dad spanked your ass enough

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Russian term or phrase:Мало тебе отец задницу драл
English translation:Hasn't your father knocked some sense into you/hasn't your dad spanked your ass enough
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

01:00 Dec 21, 2022
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: Мало тебе отец задницу драл
Обращение немолодого человек к подростку. Никакого особого контекста нет.
Mark Vaintroub
Canada
Local time: 05:32
Hasn't your father knocked some sense into you/hasn't your dad spanked your ass enough
Explanation:
knock (some) sense into (one)
To assist or persuade someone to start thinking sensibly (about something).
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/knocked some sense into...
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 05:32
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4Hasn't your father knocked some sense into you/hasn't your dad spanked your ass enough
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
4 +3Didn't your father ever use his belt?
Katya Kesten
3 +3Your father didn't spank you enough.
Carole Wolfe
3 +1Your dad must have spared the rod
Irina Stanford
2 +1Your Dad did not kick your goddamn ass enough.
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.


  

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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Hasn't your father knocked some sense into you/hasn't your dad spanked your ass enough


Explanation:
knock (some) sense into (one)
To assist or persuade someone to start thinking sensibly (about something).
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/knocked some sense into...

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 05:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 106
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! Very close to my own version.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
26 mins
  -> Thank you, Mikhail.
agree  Erzsébet Czopyk
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Erzsébet. Boldog Karácsonyt.
agree  DTSM
12 hrs
  -> Thank you, DTSM.
agree  Simon Geoghegan: Seeing as there is a limited context. Some formulation using "knocked some sense into you" would appear to be the "самый обтекаемый вариант". Other possibilities could be: 'Did your father never knock any sense into you? (when you were small)'
12 hrs
  -> Thank you, Simon, for your helpful commentary.
neutral  Boris Shapiro: Note that the Russian phrase isn't even a rhetorical question. It is a statement of fact. And a very curt one at that (something most of these suggestions do not seem to relay). I'd say, given the modern parlance, an f-bomb is in order.
13 hrs
  -> Perhaps we are too polite, then. For your contemplation, please consider "Your Dad did not kick your goddamn ass enough."
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Your father didn't spank you enough.


Explanation:
Perhaps, the older person is saying this because the teenager is not showing him the respect he thinks he deserves because of his age.

Carole Wolfe
United States
Local time: 04:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DTSM
11 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  danya: 'spank' might be too mild here though ;)
15 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Stanislav Bakunov
6 days
  -> Спасибо!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Didn't your father ever use his belt?


Explanation:
What’s the older gentleman’s socioeconomic background? What's his relationship to the teen? Is the teen still under his father’s roof?

Some options:
Your father really should’ve used a firmer hand with you. / Your father should really use a firmer hand with you.

Your father obviously let you run amok. / Your father’s obviously let you run amok.

Your father obviously didn’t use his fist enough.

Your father obviously didn’t use his belt enough.

Your father really should’ve kicked your ass more.

Questions are trickier:
Didn’t your father ever discipline you?
Didn’t your father ever use his fist?
Didn’t your father ever use his belt?

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Note added at 3 hrs (2022-12-21 04:07:08 GMT)
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More ideas:

Your dad’s obviously not whooped your ass enough!
Didn't your father ever whoop your ass?
Didn’t your father ever show you the value of a good old-fashioned ass-whooping? ( / "ass beating")
Didn't your father ever give you a good old-fashioned ass-whooping? ( / "ass beating")

Katya Kesten
Local time: 04:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Boris Shapiro: The only suggestion NOT using the word 'spanking', which is a huge plus
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Boris!
agree  DTSM
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, DTSM!
agree  svetlana cosquéric
7 days
  -> Thanks, Svetlana!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Your dad must have spared the rod


Explanation:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/spare-th...

spare the rod and spoil the child - said to mean that if you do not punish a child when they do something wrong, they will not learn what is right

https://madmikesamerica.com/2020/11/republicans-no-longer-be...

There is equally no doubt that Adam must have spared the rod with Cain and we all know how he turned out.

Irina Stanford
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:32
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DTSM
5 hrs
  -> Thank you
neutral  danya: while it's quite to the point, it's a bit off in terms of register, I am afraid
8 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Your Dad did not kick your goddamn ass enough.


Explanation:
An alternative answer inspired by Boris Shapiro.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 05:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 106

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Boris Shapiro
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Boris. Glad to be on the same wavelength.
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