шлея под мантию попала

[bostjanv]

Here's another idiomatic phrase that I can't get the meaning of. An example of a sentence containing the phrase is the following:

вот если искать в нелепых телодвижениях российских властей хоть какой-то смысл, какую-то последовательность, а не просто шлея под мантию попала

In this case again, a Google search yields a lot of examples, but I couldn't find a dictionary containing it.
Regards,
bostjanv

 

[vox05]

Here's another idiomatic phrase that I can't get the meaning of. An example of a sentence containing the phrase is the following:

вот если искать в нелепых телодвижениях российских властей хоть какой-то смысл, какую-то последовательность, а не просто шлея под мантию попалаv

"шлея под хвост попала" - when someone acts in a weird way, like a horse with a part of harness stuck under its tail.

 

[Kolan]

"Мантия" alludes to a high rank official. The rest is an idiom, explained by vox05.

 

[Q-cumber]

Another "pearl" by "Эхо Москвы", heh?

The original idiom is: "Шлея <a breech band> под хвост попала".
Alternative: Вожжа <a rein> под хвост попала".

The variation with "мантия" is occasionally used by people pretending to be "too gentlemanlike to directly imply a horse's backside".

Whichever variant is used, it refers to a behaviour of an annoyed or angry person.

 

[Maroseika]

You may wonder but this variant - with мантия - is not so rare. Google yourself.

 

[Q-cumber]

You may wonder but this variant - with мантия - is not so rare. Google yourself.

I did't say it was rare. Like many other funny occasionalisms it had been repeatedly reiterated and became wide-spread. As an occasionalism is was amusing, but as a "modified idiom" it's just boring.

 

[Maroseika]

Isn't it quite the normal evolution of each and any idiom?

 

[tass]

it's what we, russians, call "новодел"

 

[Slavianophil]

If my memory serves me well, it was used in the beautiful Soviet film "Обыкновенное чудо". There is one character there - a silly and cantankerous king who uses it when when speaking about himself - "Мне попала шлея под мантию".

He meant that he had a whim and was going to act on this whim no matter how much mischief he would make.

 

[Q-cumber]

If my memory serves me well, it was used in the beautiful Soviet film "Обыкновенное чудо". There is one character there - a silly and cantankerous king who uses it when when speaking about himself - "Мне попала шлея под мантию".

Absolutely! Now I recollect the king's words:

- Не позволю!
- Почему?
- Мне попала вожжа под мантию.