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61 не идти ни в какое сравнение
• НЕ ИДТИ В СРАВНЕНИЕ < НИ В КАКОЕ СРАВНЕНИЕ> с кем-чем; НЕ ПОДДАВАТЬСЯ НИКАКОМУ СРАВНЕНИЮ; НЕ ВЫДЕРЖИВАТЬ (НИКАКОГО) СРАВНЕНИЯ[VP; subj: any noun; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to be so different from someone or something else that no comparison can be drawn (often because one of the people, things etc is far superior to the other):- X is nothing in comparison with Y.♦...Девушка не шла ни в какое сравнение с Фаиной... (Битов 2)....The girl couldn't compare with Faina... (2a).♦ До этого Сталин был за границей только в Таммерфорсе и Стокгольме. Но те съезды не шли ни в какое сравнение с лондонским, где собралось более трёхсот делегатов... (Рыбаков 2). Until then, Stalin had been abroad only to Party meetings in Tammerfors and Stockholm. But they had been nothing compared to the London congress, where more than three hundred delegates had gathered... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не идти ни в какое сравнение
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62 не поддаваться никакому сравнению
• НЕ ИДТИ В СРАВНЕНИЕ < НИ В КАКОЕ СРАВНЕНИЕ> с кем-чем; НЕ ПОДДАВАТЬСЯ НИКАКОМУ СРАВНЕНИЮ; НЕ ВЫДЕРЖИВАТЬ (НИКАКОГО) СРАВНЕНИЯ[VP; subj: any noun; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to be so different from someone or something else that no comparison can be drawn (often because one of the people, things etc is far superior to the other):- X is nothing in comparison with Y.♦...Девушка не шла ни в какое сравнение с Фаиной... (Битов 2)....The girl couldn't compare with Faina... (2a).♦ До этого Сталин был за границей только в Таммерфорсе и Стокгольме. Но те съезды не шли ни в какое сравнение с лондонским, где собралось более трёхсот делегатов... (Рыбаков 2). Until then, Stalin had been abroad only to Party meetings in Tammerfors and Stockholm. But they had been nothing compared to the London congress, where more than three hundred delegates had gathered... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не поддаваться никакому сравнению
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