- burn someone in effigy
- Burn someone in effigyсжечь чьё-либо изображение или куклу в знак ненавистиUntil they have burned you in effigy, you can’t really be considered a famous leader.
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms. 2014.
burn someone in effigy
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