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• КАК С ПИСАНОЙ ТОРБОЙ носиться с кем-чем; КАК ДУРАК (ДУРЕНЬ) С (ПИСАНОЙ) ТОРБОЙ all coll, disapprov

[как + PrepP or NP; these forms only; adv (intensif)]

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⇒ (to relate outwardly to s.o. or sth. undeserving of special attention) with an excessive display of caring, attention etc, exaggerating his or its significance to an extreme degree:

- X носится с Y-ом как с писаной торбой{{}}≈ X makes a great <big> fuss over <of> Y;

- X makes a big to-do over Y;

- X treats person <animal> Y like someone (something) special;

- X acts as if person (animal) Y is someone (something) special;

- [in limited contexts] X is parading Y like a child with a new toy.

     ♦ В Краснодаре с ним [Владом] носились как с писаной торбой, наперебой таскали по кабинетам, громогласно рекомендуя: "Поэт-колхозник!" (Максимов 2). The people in Krasnodar made a great fuss of him [Vlad], vying with one another to show him off to a succession of officials, to whom they introduced him loudly and brashly: "This is the peasant poet from a collective farm!" (2a).

     ♦ [author's usage]"...Крокодил с крыльями - самая простая штука, а возятся с ним, как с писаной торбой" (Стругацкие 3). "A crocodile with wings is a simple enough thing, but he is being treated like something special" (3a).

     ♦ "Правительство Каледина никто не хочет поддерживать, отчасти даже потому, что он носится со своим паритетом как дурак с писаной торбой" (Шолохов 3). "No one wants to support Kaledin, partly because he's parading his demand for parity like a child with a new toy" (3a).