Expressions

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

How common an expression is Я не буду плясать (для тебя/вас)? Can it be understood without any context? And can anyone tell me how сто пудов acquired its present meaning?

Comments

[-ufo-.livejournal.com]

1. it depends on what you are going to say. "i'm not doing what you want me to" - я не буду плясать под твою/вашу дудку. "i won't dance for you" - я не буду танцевать
2. сто пудов = 100%. but depending on intonation may have meaning - "like i believe you"

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

1. When one of my co-workers is very angry, she'll say this to her students. I assumed this was an expression, because no one ever says плясать otherwise. I thought it meant something like "I won't work if you won't."

[-ufo-.livejournal.com]

it's possible she meant smth like "are you waiting for me to dance to get your attention?"
then she just said it in a wrong way

[quorax.livejournal.com]

Maybe she says "Я тут плясать перед вами не буду" или "Я тут одна плясать не буду"? If so then it actually could mean "I won't work if you won't."

[taurvat.livejournal.com]

True, "тут" is quite important emotional addendum in this phrase.