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nothing to brag (write home) about

  • 1 Б-118

    HE БОГ ВЕСТЬ ЧТО coll NP obj or subj-compl with copula ( subj: concr or abstr) fixed WO
    ( sth. that is) nothing out of the ordinary, not very important or worthwhile
    nothing special
    nothing to brag (write home) about no great shakes no big deal.
    «Муниципалитет составил петицию в департамент здравоохранения, господин Росшепер подпишется, вы, я надеюсь, тоже, но это не Бог весть что. Гласность нужна!» (Стругацкие 1). "The city council put together a petition to the Department of Health. Mr. Rosheper will sign it, and you, I hope, will also sign it but that's no big deal. What I need is real publicity" (1a).

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  • 2 не бог весть что

    [NP; obj or subj-compl with copula (subj: concr or abstr); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (sth. that is) nothing out of the ordinary, not very important or worthwhile:
    - no big deal.
         ♦ "Муниципалитет составил петицию в департамент здравоохранения, господин Росшепер подпишется, вы, я надеюсь, тоже, но это не Бог весть что. Гласность нужна!" (Стругацкие 1). "The city council put together a petition to the Department of Health. Mr. Rosheper will sign it, and you, I hope, will also sign it but that's no big deal. What I need is real publicity" (1a).

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  • 3 Б-116

    HE БОГ ВЕСТЬ (ЗНАЕТ) КАКОЙ coll AdjP fixed WO
    1. ( modif (when foil. by NP) or subj-compl with copula ( subj: any common noun)) not especially good, mediocre, not in any way special
    not all that good (great etc)
    not too (terribly, particularly) good (great etc) not much of a NP nothing to brag (write home) about.
    Конечно, не Бог весть какая комната могла получиться из бывшего чулана, но да разве в хоромах дело? (Максимов 3). You couldn't make much of a home out of an old storeroom, true enough, but who wanted a mansion? (3a).
    2. ( modif
    foil. by AdjP denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance) not very, not particularly
    not all that...
    not too (terribly, especially)...
    none too......Она внезапно догадалась, что Никандров её не любит... Он её не преследовал, не ухаживал за ней... относился как ко всем вокруг относится. Ну, а когда она бросилась к нему, почему бы ему и не подобрать кусочек, если даже он и не бог весть какой лакомый? (Залыгин 1). ( context transl)...She suddenly realized that Nikandrov did not love her....He hadn't pursued her, hadn't paid court to her...he'd behaved towards her exactly as he behaved towards everybody else. But since she'd forced herself upon him why shouldn't he help himself, even if the morsel offered wasn't the choicest? (1a).

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  • 4 не ахти

    I
    [AdvP; Invar; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: НЕ АХТИ coll [adv or impers predic]
    ⇒ not very well; (it is) not very good, pleasant etc:
    - not particularly (terribly, too) well (good);
    - not all that well (good).
         ♦ [Лёва:] В доме у вас не ахти. [Альберт:] Я это чувствую. [Лёва:] Молодец! [Альберт:] Но мне хочется, чтобы было хорошо (Розов 4). [L.:] Things are not too good at home just now, are they? [A.:] That's what I feel. [L.:] Good lad! [A.:] But I want them to be good (4a).
    2. [adv; foll. by Adv or short-form Adj or Part denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]
    ⇒ not very, not especially:
    - not terribly (too, exactly).
         ♦...Пока он [Гладышев] в горнице накачивал и разжигал примус, гость его остался в передней... Чонкин ещё не успел как следует рассмотреть всё, что было в этой комнате, как яичница была готова, и Гладышев позвал его к столу. Здесь было тоже не ахти как убрано, но всё же почище, чем в передней... (Войнович 2). While Gladishev pumped and kindled the primus, his guest remained in the front room....Chonkin had still not managed to have a proper look at everything in the room when the omelet was ready and Gladishev summoned him to the table. The back room too was not particularly tidy, but at least it was a bit cleaner than the front room (2a).
    II
    [AdjP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: НЕ АХТИ coll [modif (when foll. by NP) or subj-compl with copula, var. with какой - nom or instrum (subj: any common noun); var. не ахти is used as subj-compl only]
    ⇒ not especially good, rather poor:
    - not the best (the greatest, the most brilliant etc) (of...);
    - not much of a...;
    - nothing to rave (to brag, to write home) about.
         ♦ За окном стоял литой монотонный гул. Иссечённое песчаной пылью стекло мерно вибрировало... "Гляди, Коля, что на дворе делается!.. Страсть... Вот заехали, сам не рад будешь..." [Николай] пытался отшутиться... но по всему было видно, что настроение у него тоже не ахти (Максимов 3). From outside there came an unwavering, monotonous howl. The window vibrated rhythmically, lashed by fine sand...."Look what's going on outside, Kolya...it's terrifying....Look where we've landed ourselves-we shall regret it!" Nikolai tried to make a joke of it, although he was obviously not in the best of humor himself (3a).
         ♦ [Андрей:]...Вот вы фотограф; профессия, прямо скажем, не ахти какая, - это и был предел ваших мечтаний? (Розов 1). [A.:]... You are a photographer. It's not exactly the most brilliant profession. Well, is being a photographer the height of your ambition? (la).
         ♦ "Акустика, конечно, не ахти, но ничего, работать можно" (Войнович 4). "Of course the acoustics are nothing to rave about, but it doesn't matter, we'll manage" (4a).
    2. [modif; foll. by Adj denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]
    ⇒ not very, not especially:
    - not terribly <too, exactly>.
         ♦ Хотя роль Евдокии, жены Игната Тимофеевича, директорши сельской школы-семилетки, была не ахти какая завидная - очень уж лобовата, ревность, страдания, разговоры поучительные, - но Ляля надеялась всех поразить... (Трифонов 1). Although the role of Yevdokia, Ignat Timofeevich's wife and the principal of the seven-year village elementary school, was not a particularly enviable one - it was terribly overdone, with all sorts of jealousy, sufferings, and didactic conversations-still, Lyalya hoped to impress everyone... (la).

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  • 5 А-52

    HE АХТИ КАКОЙ coll AdjP fixed WO
    1. Also: HE АХТИ coll ( modif (when foil. by NP) or subj-compl with copula, var. with какой- nom or instrum ( subj: any common noun)
    var. не ахти is used as subj-compl only) not especially good, rather poor
    not so great, hot
    not the best (the greatest, the most brilliant etc) (of...) not much of a... nothing to rave (to brag, to write home) about.
    За окном стоял литой монотонный гул. Иссечённое песчаной пылью стекло мерно вибрировало... «Гляди, Коля, что на дворе делается!.. Страсть... Вот заехали, сам не рад будешь...» (Николай) пытался отшутиться... но по всему было видно, что настроение у него тоже не ахти (Максимов 3). From outside there came an unwavering, monotonous howl. The window vibrated rhythmically, lashed by fine sand...."Look what's going on outside, Kolya...it's terrifying....Look where we've landed ourselves-we shall regret it!" Nikolai tried to make a joke of it, although he was obviously not in the best of humor himself (3a).
    (Андрей:)...Вот вы фотограф профессия, прямо скажем, не ахти какая, - это и был предел ваших мечтаний? (Розов 1). (A.:)...You are a photographer. It's not exactly the most brilliant profession. Well, is being a photographer the height of your ambition? (1a).
    Акустика, конечно, не ахти, но ничего, работать можно» (Войнович 4). "Of course the acoustics are nothing to rave about, but it doesn't matter, we'll manage" (4a).
    2. ( modif foil. byt Adj denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance) not very, not especially
    not particularly
    not all that not terribly (too, exactly).
    Хотя роль Евдокии, жены Игната Тимофеевича, директорши сельской школы-семилетки, была не ахти какая завидная - очень уж лобовата, ревность, страдания, разговоры поучительные, - но Ляля надеялась всех поразить... (Трифонов 1). Although the role of Yevdokia, Ignat Timo-feevich's wife and the principal of the seven-year village elementary school, was not a particularly enviable one—it was terribly overdone, with all sorts of jealousy, sufferings, and didactic conversations-still, Lyalya hoped to impress everyone... (1a).

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  • 6 не ахти какой

    [AdjP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: НЕ АХТИ coll [modif (when foll. by NP) or subj-compl with copula, var. with какой - nom or instrum (subj: any common noun); var. не ахти is used as subj-compl only]
    ⇒ not especially good, rather poor:
    - not the best (the greatest, the most brilliant etc) (of...);
    - not much of a...;
    - nothing to rave (to brag, to write home) about.
         ♦ За окном стоял литой монотонный гул. Иссечённое песчаной пылью стекло мерно вибрировало... "Гляди, Коля, что на дворе делается!.. Страсть... Вот заехали, сам не рад будешь..." [Николай] пытался отшутиться... но по всему было видно, что настроение у него тоже не ахти (Максимов 3). From outside there came an unwavering, monotonous howl. The window vibrated rhythmically, lashed by fine sand...."Look what's going on outside, Kolya...it's terrifying....Look where we've landed ourselves-we shall regret it!" Nikolai tried to make a joke of it, although he was obviously not in the best of humor himself (3a).
         ♦ [Андрей:]...Вот вы фотограф; профессия, прямо скажем, не ахти какая, - это и был предел ваших мечтаний? (Розов 1). [A.:]... You are a photographer. It's not exactly the most brilliant profession. Well, is being a photographer the height of your ambition? (la).
         ♦ "Акустика, конечно, не ахти, но ничего, работать можно" (Войнович 4). "Of course the acoustics are nothing to rave about, but it doesn't matter, we'll manage" (4a).
    2. [modif; foll. by Adj denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]
    ⇒ not very, not especially:
    - not terribly <too, exactly>.
         ♦ Хотя роль Евдокии, жены Игната Тимофеевича, директорши сельской школы-семилетки, была не ахти какая завидная - очень уж лобовата, ревность, страдания, разговоры поучительные, - но Ляля надеялась всех поразить... (Трифонов 1). Although the role of Yevdokia, Ignat Timofeevich's wife and the principal of the seven-year village elementary school, was not a particularly enviable one - it was terribly overdone, with all sorts of jealousy, sufferings, and didactic conversations-still, Lyalya hoped to impress everyone... (la).

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  • 7 Ф-19

    HE ФОНТАН coll, often humor NP Invar subj-compl with бытье ( subj: abstr or concr)) sth. is mediocre, not very good
    X не фонтан = X is nothing special
    X is no great shakes (no prize, no gem) X is nothing to brag (to write home) about.
    «Вот, - схватил он со стола газету и сунул Ефиму. -„Всегда с партией, всегда с народом". Хорош заголовок?» -«Мм-м», - замялся Ефим. - «Мму! - передразнил Каретников, замычав по-коровьи. - Не мучайся и не мычи, я и так вижу, что морду воротишь. Название не фонтан, но зато просто и без прикрас» (Войнович 6). "Неге." Не grabbed the newspaper from his desk and thrust it at Yefim. "Always with the Party, Always with the People.' Nice headline, eh?" "Mmm..." Yefim began hesitantly. "Mmooo!" Karetnikov lowed, mimicking. "Don't squirm, don't mumble. I can see you're turning up your nose. The title's no gem. It's simple, though, straightforward" (6a).

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  • 8 не фонтан

    • НЕ ФОНТАН coll, often humor
    [NP; Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: abstr or concr)]
    =====
    ⇒ sth. is mediocre, not very good:
    - X не фонтан≈ X is nothing special;
    - X is no great shakes (no prize, no gem);
    - X is nothing to brag (to write home) about.
         ♦ "Вот, - схватил он со стола газету и сунул Ефиму. - "Всегда с партией, всегда с народом". Хорош заголовок?" - "Мм-м", - замялся Ефим. - "Мму! - передразнил Каретников, замычав по-коровьи. - Не мучайся и не мычи, я и так вижу, что морду воротишь. Название не фонтан, но зато просто и без прикрас" (Войнович 6). "Here." He grabbed the newspaper from his desk and thrust it at Yefim. "Always with the Party, Always with the People.' Nice headline, eh?" "Mmm..." Yefim began hesitantly. "Mmooo!" Karetnikov lowed, mimicking. "Don't squirm, don't mumble. I can see you're turning up your nose. The title's no gem. It's simple, though, straightforward" (6a).

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  • 9 Т-129

    HE ТОГО highly coll (Particle Invar
    1. ( usu. subj-compl with copula ( subj: any common noun)) a person (or thing) is not especially good, not as good as he (or it) should be
    X не того = X is not up to scratch (to snuff, to par)
    X is nothing to brag (to write home) about X is no great shakes.
    (Ихарев:) Балык, кажется, не того, а икра ещё так и сяк (Гоголь 2). (I.:) The salmon's not up to scratch, but the caviar's satisfactory (2a).
    2. \Т-129 кому ( impers predic with бытье) s.o. is uncomfortable (physically or emotionally)
    X-y не того - X is not quite himself
    X doesn't feel like himself (in refer, to a physical state only) X is not feeling quite right (well) X is (a little) under the weather (in refer, to an emotional state only) X is ill at ease (in refer, to feeling uncomfortable in one's surroundings) X doesn't feel at home X doesn't feel relaxed.
    (Сорин:) Мне, брат, в деревне как-то не того, и, понятная вещь, никогда я тут не привыкну. Вчера лёг в десять и сегодня утром проснулся в девять с таким чувством, как будто от долгого спанья у меня мозг прилип к черепу и всё такое (Чехов 6). (S.:) For some reason, my boy, I'm not quite myself in the country, and, it stands to reason, I'll never get accustomed to it. I went to bed at ten o'clock last night and woke up at nine this morning feeling as though my brain were stuck to my skull from sleeping so long, and all that sort of thing (6a).

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  • 10 не бог весть какой

    • НЕ БОГ ВЕСТЬ < ЗНАЕТ> КАКОЙ coll
    [AdjP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [modif (when foll. by NP) or subj-compl with copula (subj: any common noun)]
    ⇒ not especially good, mediocre, not in any way special:
    - not all that good <great etc>;
    - not too <terribly, particularly> good <great etc>;
    - nothing to brag < write home> about.
         ♦ Конечно, не Бог весть какая комната могла получиться из бывшего чулана, но да разве в хоромах дело? (Максимов 3). You couldn't make much of a home out of an old storeroom, true enough, but who wanted a mansion? (3a).
    2. [modif; foll. by AdjP denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]
    ⇒ not very, not particularly:
    - not all that...;
    - not too <terribly, especially>...;
    - none too...
         ♦...Она внезапно догадалась, что Никандров её не любит... Он её не преследовал, не ухаживал за ней... относился как ко всем вокруг относится. Ну, а когда она бросилась к нему, почему бы ему и не подобрать кусочек, если даже он и не бог весть какой лакомый? (Залыгин 1). [context transl]... She suddenly realized that Nikandrov did not love her....He hadn't pursued her, hadn't paid court to her...he'd behaved towards her exactly as he behaved towards everybody else. But since she'd forced herself upon him why shouldn't he help himself, even if the morsel offered wasn't the choicest? (1a).

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  • 11 не бог знает какой

    • НЕ БОГ ВЕСТЬ < ЗНАЕТ> КАКОЙ coll
    [AdjP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [modif (when foll. by NP) or subj-compl with copula (subj: any common noun)]
    ⇒ not especially good, mediocre, not in any way special:
    - not all that good <great etc>;
    - not too <terribly, particularly> good <great etc>;
    - nothing to brag < write home> about.
         ♦ Конечно, не Бог весть какая комната могла получиться из бывшего чулана, но да разве в хоромах дело? (Максимов 3). You couldn't make much of a home out of an old storeroom, true enough, but who wanted a mansion? (3a).
    2. [modif; foll. by AdjP denoting a positive quality, quantity, or distance]
    ⇒ not very, not particularly:
    - not all that...;
    - not too <terribly, especially>...;
    - none too...
         ♦...Она внезапно догадалась, что Никандров её не любит... Он её не преследовал, не ухаживал за ней... относился как ко всем вокруг относится. Ну, а когда она бросилась к нему, почему бы ему и не подобрать кусочек, если даже он и не бог весть какой лакомый? (Залыгин 1). [context transl]... She suddenly realized that Nikandrov did not love her....He hadn't pursued her, hadn't paid court to her...he'd behaved towards her exactly as he behaved towards everybody else. But since she'd forced herself upon him why shouldn't he help himself, even if the morsel offered wasn't the choicest? (1a).

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  • 12 не того

    • НЕ ТОГО highly coll
    [Particle; Invar]
    =====
    1. [usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: any common noun)]
    ⇒ a person (or thing) is not especially good, not as good as he (or it) should be:
    - X не того≈ X is not up to scratch <tosnuff, to par>;
    - X is nothing to brag < to write home> about;
    - X is no great shakes.
         ♦ [Ихарев:] Балык, кажется, не того, а икра ещё так и сяк (Гоголь 2). [I.:] The salmon's not up to scratch, but the caviar's satisfactory (2a).
    2. не того кому [impers predic with быть]
    ⇒ s.o. is uncomfortable (physically or emotionally):
    - X-y не того≈ X is not quite himself;
    - [in refer, to a physical state only] X is not feeling quite right < well>;
    - [in refer, to an emotional state only] X is ill at ease;
    - [in refer, to feeling uncomfortable in one's surroundings] X doesn't feel at home;
    - X doesn't feel relaxed.
         ♦ [Сорин:] Мне, брат, в деревне как-то не того, и, понятная вещь, никогда я тут не привыкну. Вчера лёг в десять и сегодня утром проснулся в девять с таким чувством, как будто от долгого спанья у меня мозг прилип к черепу и всё такое (Чехов 6). [S.:] For some reason, my boy, I'm not quite myself in the country, and, it stands to reason, I'll never get accustomed to it. I went to bed at ten o'clock last night and woke up at nine this morning feeling as though my brain were stuck to my skull from sleeping so long, and all that sort of thing (6a).

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