https://www.proz.com/kudoz/russian-to-english/cinema-film-tv-drama/6140423-%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B.html
Jun 27, 2016 12:28
7 yrs ago
Russian term

Шакалы

Russian to English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Здравствуйте. Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести это жаргонное слово. Две компании людей после драки выясняют, кто виноват и был зачинщиком:

- Вы на мне вдвоем лежали!

(Второй человек из той же компании комментирует такое поведение враждебной стороны):

- Это "шакалы" называется.

Proposed translations

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42 mins
Selected

"Like jackals"

Simple as that.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sofia Gutkin : If they are referring to officers in the army (something I found online) then, yes. http://rusarmia.com/publ/28-1-0-172
26 mins
Interesting find, thanks.
agree eduard_
2 hrs
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1 hr

Like vultures

If the phrase is used to mean two people attacking someone weaker or someone who is down.
Peer comment(s):

agree LilianNekipelov
3 hrs
Thank you!
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4 hrs

scavengers

as an option
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