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61 днём с огнём не сыскать
днём с огнём (с фонарём) не сыскать (не сыщешь, не найдёшь) (кого, чего)разг.one wouldn't find smb., smth. if one hunted by a daylight with a candle (a lantern); you might hunt the world over and wouldn't find smb., smth.; you could seek high and low and you'd never find smb., smth.- Другого такого одра, как этот папаша, не сыскать днём с огнём. Вы не можете себе представить, что это за нечистоплотная, бездарная и неуклюжая скотина! (А. Чехов, Три года) — 'You wouldn't find such another old brute as that papa if you hunted by daylight with a candle. You can't imagine what a foul, stupid, clumsy beast he is!'
Утешая Таню, Коврин думал о том, что, кроме этой девушки и её отца, во всём свете днём с огнём не сыщешь людей, которые любили бы его как своего, как родного... (А. Чехов, Чёрный монах) — Comforting Tanya, Kovrin thought that, apart from this girl and her father, he might hunt the world over and would not find people who would love him as one of themselves, as one of their kindred.
- Нет, старина, у вас плохо стал варить котелок. Я - не анархист... Я тот самый великий организатор, которого вы в самом ближайшем времени начнете искать днём с фонарём... (А. Толстой, Гиперболоид инженера Гарина) — 'No, old man, there's a screw loose somewhere in that brain box of yours. I'm no anarchist. I'm that great organizer that people will be looking for with a lantern in daylight before much more time has passed.'
- Красота-то какая! В Москве такой рай днём с огнём не найдёшь, - не скрывая восторга... сказал Пантелеев. (Г. Марков, Грядущему веку) — 'How marvellous! In Moscow you could seek high and low and you'd never find such a paradise,' Panteleyev said with unconcealed pleasure.
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