(Kap dochka) Khorosh gus'

[A Smith]

Dear Robert,

I think that the best way to render the phrase 'khorosh gus'" into English is by
using an expression "what a scoundrel", i.e. to emphasise that some people give
an impression of behaving dishonorably towards others.
See, for example one article on Zoschenko:
http://www.pnp.ru/archive/p14310947.html
This article includes a story about one spectator who said to his friend about
one French play adapted for the Russian audience: "A etot Zoschenko...khorosh
gus'! Vse slizal u Diuma, dazhe drugie imena dlia geroev pridumat' ne mog!".

All very best,
Sasha 

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