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Where Makar never drove his calves (idiom)
Makar and his calves
also: куда Макар телят не гонял
A Russian folk idiom meaning an extremely remote, out-of-the-way place; used by Chekhov to jokingly leave open whether he will go straight home or off to parts unknown.
Reading notes
- To the Chekhovs, 23 July 1888. Feodosia. §6 where Makar never drove his calves
"Куда Макар телят не гонял" -- a Russian folk idiom for an extremely remote, out-of-the-way place, used here for comic effect as Chekhov teasingly refuses to say where he might go next.