the translation of one expression

Question

i want to know the meaning of "они дали вам от ворот поворот". in english. I saw this expression in one novel but was hard to me to translate.

Answer 1

Hi Userrussia,

The meaning of it is "to refuse in an agressive way".

The translation into English would be: "bid go whistle , give the old heave-ho , let go whistle , tell go whistle".

Best,
Yulia Amlinskaya,
Russian Language Teacher.