• КАК СОБАКА ПАЛКУ любить кого-что coll, iron
[как + NP; Invar; adv (neg intensif); fixed WO]
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⇒ not (to like s.o. or sth.) at all:
- (like sth.) about as much as a dog likes (getting) a beating;
- (like s.o. < sth.>) about as much as a cat likes water;
- (love s.o. < sth.>) as a horse loves the whip.
♦ "...Мигулин что большевиков, что беляков любит одинаково: как собака палку!" (Трифонов 6). "Migulin doesn't care whether it's Bolsheviks or Whites, he loves them all just the same: as a horse loves the whip!" (6a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.