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  • 21 не выдерживать никакого сравнения

    • 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 не идёт ни в какое сравнение с Y-ом≈ X can't compare with Y;
    - 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).

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  • 22 не выдерживать сравнения

    • 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 не идёт ни в какое сравнение с Y-ом≈ X can't compare with Y;
    - 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).

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  • 23 не идти в 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 не идёт ни в какое сравнение с Y-ом≈ X can't compare with Y;
    - 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).

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  • 24 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 не идёт ни в какое сравнение с Y-ом≈ X can't compare with Y;
    - 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).

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  • 25 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 не идёт ни в какое сравнение с Y-ом≈ X can't compare with Y;
    - 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).

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  • 26 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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  • 27 Д-98

    ДРУГОЕ (ИНОЕ) ДЕЛО NP these forms only)
    1. ( subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. это or a clause)
    often preceded by тогда, теперь) that changes (or would change) the situation: that's another (a different) story (altogether) that's (quite) another (a different) matter (now) itis (very (totally)) different things are (will be) different that's different (something else altogether)
    (in fut and condit clauses) things (everything) will (would) be different.... Как можно управлять таким способом неодушевлённым предметом? Если внутри предмета человек находится, тогда другое дело: он исполняет указания - делай так, делай этак (Айтматов 2). How on earth could you control a soulless object in that way? If there was a man inside that object, then that was another story-he would carry out the orders, do this, do that, as he was told (2a).
    «Ну, прикажут тебя тронуть - другое дело, я присягу давал или не давал?» (Владимов 1). "Of course, if I'm ordered to lay hands on you, that's another matter. I took the oath of allegiance when I joined the army, didn't I?" (1a).
    .Она едет в Крым ради него, он просил ее, она согласилась поехать, но ни на что другое согласия не давала... Другое дело, если бы она влюбилась... (Рыбаков 2). She was going to the Crimea for his sake-he had asked her and she had agreed, but that was all she had agreed to....It would be different if she were in love with him... (2a).
    «Да вы освободите меня от марксизма-ленинизма, тогда другое дело. А пока - мы на нем стоим» (Солженицын 2). "Well, emancipate те from Marxism-Leninism, and things will be different. Till then, it's on Marxism-Leninism that we take our stand" (2a)
    Анна Петровна:) Как бы папенька-то твой не мотал без памяти, так бы другое дело было, а то оставил нас почти ни с чем (Островский 1). (А. P.) If only your papa hadn't spent his money like water, then everything'd be different. As it is, he left us almost nothing at all (1a).
    «Почему ж бы я мог быть известен про Дмитрия Фёдоровича: другое дело, кабы я при них сторожем состоял?» - тихо, раздельно и пренебрежительно ответил Смердяков (Достоевский 1). ( context transl) "Why should I be informed as to Dmitri Fyodorovich? It's not as if I were his keeper," Smerdyakov answered quietly, distinctly, and superciliously (1a).
    2. ( subj-compl with бытье ( subj: any noun or infin)) a person (thing etc) is very different from another person (thing etc) mentioned previously
    X - другое дело — X is (that's) (quite) another (a different) matter
    X is (ift) another (a different) story X is something else (entirely)
    II одно дело... и (совсем) другое дело... - ift one thing...but (and) (quite) another... "А я что такое? Обломов - больше ничего. Вот Штольц -другое дело: Штольц - ум... уменье управлять собой, другими...» (Гончаров 1). "But what am I? Oblomov - nothing more. Stolz, now, is another matter: Stolz has intelligence...he knows how to control himself and others..." (1b).
    «Ты знаешь: нарисовал этот Евдокимов похабную карикатуру на декана...» - «Который её заслуживал? Ну, скажи, нет! Ты ведь сам его терпеть не можешь». Игорь невольно оглянулся на дверь. «Я - другое дело, - сказал он кисло. - Не вали, пожалуйста, всех в одну кучу» (Ерофеев 3). "You know that Evdokimov drew a smutty caricature of the Dean..." "And he deserved it. Go on, deny it! You know you can't stand him yourself." Igor couldn't keep himself from glancing at the door. "What I think is something else entirely," he said in a sour voice. "Please don't put everyone in the same bag..." (3a).
    ...Одно дело попасть молотком в стекло критику Латунскому и совсем другое дело - ему же в сердце» (Булгаков 9). "It's one thing to hit Latunsky's window with a hammer, but quite another to hit the critic's heart" (9a).
    3. (main clause in a complex sent, foil. by a что-clause) it should be mentioned, however, that... (used to detract from the merit of sth. previously mentioned): (the fact) that...is another matter
    ...but that's another matter (story).
    Ляля очень хорошенькая. Другое дело, что она круглая дура. Lyalya is very pretty. The fact that she doesn't have a brain in her head is another matter.

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  • 28 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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  • 29 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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  • 30 другое дело

    • ДРУГОЕ < ИНОЕ> ДЕЛО
    [NP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это or a clause); often preceded by тогда, теперь]
    ⇒ that changes (or would change) the situation:
    - (now) it's (very < totally>) different;
    - [in fut and condit clauses] things (everything) will (would) be different.
         ♦... Как можно управлять таким способом неодушевлённым предметом? Если внутри предмета человек находится, тогда другое дело: он исполняет указания - делай так, делай этак (Айтматов 2). How on earth could you control a soulless object in that way? If there was a man inside that object, then that was another story - he would carry out the orders, do this, do that, as he was told (2a).
         ♦ "Ну, прикажут тебя тронуть - другое дело, я присягу давал или не давал?" (Владимов 1). "Of course, if I'm ordered to lay hands on you, that's another matter. I took the oath of allegiance when I joined the army, didn't I?" (1a).
         ♦...Она едет в Крым ради него, он просил ее, она согласилась поехать, но ни на что другое согласия не давала... Другое дело, если бы она влюбилась... (Рыбаков 2). She was going to the Crimea for his sake-he had asked her and she had agreed, but that was all she had agreed to....It would be different if she were in love with him... (2a).
         ♦ "Да вы освободите меня от марксизма-ленинизма, тогда другое дело. А пока - мы на нем стоим" (Солженицын 2). "Well, emancipate те from Marxism-Leninism, and things will be different. Till then, it's on Marxism-Leninism that we take our stand" (2a)
         ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Как бы папенька-то твой не мотал без памяти, так бы другое дело было, а то оставил нас почти ни с чем (Островский 1). [ А. P.] If only your papa hadn't spent his money like water, then everything'd be different. As it is, he left us almost nothing at all (1a).
         ♦ "Почему ж бы я мог быть известен про Дмитрия Фёдоровича: другое дело, кабы я при них сторожем состоял?" - тихо, раздельно и пренебрежительно ответил Смердяков (Достоевский 1). [context transl] "Why should I be informed as to Dmitri Fyodorovich? It's not as if I were his keeper," Smerdyakov answered quietly, distinctly, and superciliously (1a).
    2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun or infin)]
    ⇒ a person (thing etc) is very different from another person (thing etc) mentioned previously:
    - X - другое дело≈ X is (that's) (quite) another < a different> matter;
    - X is (it is) another < a different> story;
    || одно дело... и (совсем) другое дело... другое дело it's one thing...but < and> (quite) another...
         ♦ "А я что такое? Обломов - больше ничего. Вот Штольц - другое дело: Штольц - ум... уменье управлять собой, другими..." (Гончаров 1). "But what am I? Oblomov - nothing more. Stolz, now, is another matter: Stolz has intelligence...he knows how to control himself and others..." (1b).
         ♦ "Ты знаешь: нарисовал этот Евдокимов похабную карикатуру на декана..." - "Который её заслуживал? Ну, скажи, нет! Ты ведь сам его терпеть не можешь". Игорь невольно оглянулся на дверь. "Я - другое дело, - сказал он кисло. - Не вали, пожалуйста, всех в одну кучу" (Ерофеев 3). "You know that Evdokimov drew a smutty caricature of the Dean..." "And he deserved it. Go on, deny it! You know you can't stand him yourself." Igor couldn't keep himself from glancing at the door. "What I think is something else entirely," he said in a sour voice. "Please don't put everyone in the same bag..." (3a).
         ♦ "...Одно дело попасть молотком в стекло критику Латунскому и совсем другое дело - ему же в сердце" (Булгаков 9). "It's one thing to hit Latunsky's window with a hammer, but quite another to hit the critic's heart" (9a).
    3. [main clause in a complex sent, foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ it should be mentioned, however, that... (used to detract from the merit of sth. previously mentioned):
    - (the fact) that...is another matter;
    - ...but that's another matter < story>.
         ♦ Ляля очень хорошенькая. Другое дело, что она круглая дура. Lyalya is very pretty. The fact that she doesn't have a brain in her head is another matter.

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  • 31 иное дело

    • ДРУГОЕ < ИНОЕ> ДЕЛО
    [NP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это or a clause); often preceded by тогда, теперь]
    ⇒ that changes (or would change) the situation:
    - (now) it's (very < totally>) different;
    - [in fut and condit clauses] things (everything) will (would) be different.
         ♦... Как можно управлять таким способом неодушевлённым предметом? Если внутри предмета человек находится, тогда другое дело: он исполняет указания - делай так, делай этак (Айтматов 2). How on earth could you control a soulless object in that way? If there was a man inside that object, then that was another story - he would carry out the orders, do this, do that, as he was told (2a).
         ♦ "Ну, прикажут тебя тронуть - другое дело, я присягу давал или не давал?" (Владимов 1). "Of course, if I'm ordered to lay hands on you, that's another matter. I took the oath of allegiance when I joined the army, didn't I?" (1a).
         ♦...Она едет в Крым ради него, он просил ее, она согласилась поехать, но ни на что другое согласия не давала... Другое дело, если бы она влюбилась... (Рыбаков 2). She was going to the Crimea for his sake-he had asked her and she had agreed, but that was all she had agreed to....It would be different if she were in love with him... (2a).
         ♦ "Да вы освободите меня от марксизма-ленинизма, тогда другое дело. А пока - мы на нем стоим" (Солженицын 2). "Well, emancipate те from Marxism-Leninism, and things will be different. Till then, it's on Marxism-Leninism that we take our stand" (2a)
         ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Как бы папенька-то твой не мотал без памяти, так бы другое дело было, а то оставил нас почти ни с чем (Островский 1). [ А. P.] If only your papa hadn't spent his money like water, then everything'd be different. As it is, he left us almost nothing at all (1a).
         ♦ "Почему ж бы я мог быть известен про Дмитрия Фёдоровича: другое дело, кабы я при них сторожем состоял?" - тихо, раздельно и пренебрежительно ответил Смердяков (Достоевский 1). [context transl] "Why should I be informed as to Dmitri Fyodorovich? It's not as if I were his keeper," Smerdyakov answered quietly, distinctly, and superciliously (1a).
    2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun or infin)]
    ⇒ a person (thing etc) is very different from another person (thing etc) mentioned previously:
    - X - другое дело≈ X is (that's) (quite) another < a different> matter;
    - X is (it is) another < a different> story;
    || одно дело... и (совсем) другое дело... иное дело it's one thing...but < and> (quite) another...
         ♦ "А я что такое? Обломов - больше ничего. Вот Штольц - другое дело: Штольц - ум... уменье управлять собой, другими..." (Гончаров 1). "But what am I? Oblomov - nothing more. Stolz, now, is another matter: Stolz has intelligence...he knows how to control himself and others..." (1b).
         ♦ "Ты знаешь: нарисовал этот Евдокимов похабную карикатуру на декана..." - "Который её заслуживал? Ну, скажи, нет! Ты ведь сам его терпеть не можешь". Игорь невольно оглянулся на дверь. "Я - другое дело, - сказал он кисло. - Не вали, пожалуйста, всех в одну кучу" (Ерофеев 3). "You know that Evdokimov drew a smutty caricature of the Dean..." "And he deserved it. Go on, deny it! You know you can't stand him yourself." Igor couldn't keep himself from glancing at the door. "What I think is something else entirely," he said in a sour voice. "Please don't put everyone in the same bag..." (3a).
         ♦ "...Одно дело попасть молотком в стекло критику Латунскому и совсем другое дело - ему же в сердце" (Булгаков 9). "It's one thing to hit Latunsky's window with a hammer, but quite another to hit the critic's heart" (9a).
    3. [main clause in a complex sent, foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ it should be mentioned, however, that... (used to detract from the merit of sth. previously mentioned):
    - (the fact) that...is another matter;
    - ...but that's another matter < story>.
         ♦ Ляля очень хорошенькая. Другое дело, что она круглая дура. Lyalya is very pretty. The fact that she doesn't have a brain in her head is another matter.

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  • 32 чего стоит

    I
    • (ОДИН...) ЧЕГО СТОИТ coll
    [VP; subj: any noun; pres or past; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ the person, thing, circumstance etc in question (which is cited as one of the factors producing the overall effect, result etc described in the preceding context) would be sufficient by himself or itself to produce the described effect, result etc:
    - один X чего стоит≈ X alone is enough to...;
    - look at X alone!
         ♦ "Редко где найдётся столько мрачных, резких и странных влияний на душу человека, как в Петербурге. Чего стоят одни климатические влияния!" (Достоевский 3). "Rarely will you find so many gloomy, harsh and strange influences at work on a man's soul as you will in St. Petersburg. Look at the influence of climate alone!" (3a).
    II
    • ЧТО < ЧЕГО> кому СТОИТ coll
    [VP; impers; pres or past; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (used to emphasize, sometimes with irony, condescension etc, how very easy it would be for s.o. or o.s. to carry out some action or fulfill some request; also used to reproach s.o. or o.s. for not having done sth.) it would not require much effort (for s.o. to do sth.):
    - it would be easy enough (for X to do sth.);
    - what would it cost X (to do sth.)?;
    - it wouldn't cost X anything < would cost X nothing> (to do sth.);
    - [in refer, to o.s.] no problem < sweat>.
         ♦ "Сходи к нему, чего тебе стоит, попроси его..." (Пастернак 1). "Go to see him, that's not too much to ask, speak to him..." (1a).
         ♦ "А может, ещё выпьем?" - "Эт-то можно", - сказал Готтих. "Только надо сбегать, а?" - "Сами бегайте". - "Ты же всё равно хотел уйти - всё равно выйдешь на улицу - так что тебе стоит?" (Битов 2). "Maybe we should have another [drink]?" "Can do," Gottich said. "Only you have to go out for it, okay?" "Go yourself." "You wanted to leave anyway - you're going out anyway - so what will it cost you?" (2a).
         ♦ "Что вам стоит сказать слово государю, и он [Борис] прямо будет переведён в гвардию", - просила она. "Поверьте, что я сделаю всё, что могу, княгиня", - отвечал князь Василий... (Толстой 4). "It would cost you nothing to say a word to the Emperor - and he [Boris] would be transferred to the Guards at once," she pleaded. "Believe me, Princess, I shall do all I can," replied Prince Vasily... (4a).

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  • 33 С-36

    HE ПЕРВОЙ СВЕЖЕСТИ coll NP gen Invar subj-compl with copula or nonagreeing modif fixed WO
    1. ( subj: a noun denoting a food product) not as fresh as it could or should be
    X был \С-36 = X wasn't very (particularly) fresh
    X was going bad X was starting to spoil (of milk, cream etc) X had turned (of bread, a cake etc) X was pretty stale.
    Не покупай это мясо: оно не первой свежести. Don't buy this meat-it's going bad.
    2. ( subj: a noun denoting an item of clothing, piece of linen etc) having been worn or used since its last washing, sth. is less than totally clean
    X был \С-36 = X was not completely (quite, very) clean (fresh)
    X had already been worn (used, slept in etc).
    На Васе были помятые брюки и рубашка не первой свежести. Vasya had on wrinkled pants and a shirt that had already been worn.
    3. ( subj: анекдот, новости, информация etc) an anecdote (joke, some news, information etc) is not the most recent: (of an anecdote or joke only) stale
    (that's) an old one (a chestnut) that one has been around for a while (of news, information etc only) old (news) nothing new (in limited contexts) (information etc that s.o.) already knows (has known for quite a while etc).
    Анекдот, рассказанный Геннадием, оказался не первой свежести и никого не насмешил. The anecdote Gennady told was an old one and didn't make anyone laugh.
    4. (subj: human (often of a person, more commonly a woman, who tries to appear younger than he or she actually is) one no longer is or no longer looks very young
    not exactly in the first flush (the first blush, the prime) of youth
    not exactly in the flower of (one's) youth no youngster (in limited contexts) no spring chicken.
    Несмотря на искусство гримёра, было видно, что актриса уже не первой свежести. Despite the makeup artist's skill, it was obvious that the actress wasn't exactly in the first flush of youth.

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  • 34 не первой свежести

    [NPgen; Invar; subj-compl with copula or nonagreeing modif; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: a noun denoting a food product]
    ⇒ not as fresh as it could or should be:
    - [of milk, cream etc] X had turned;
    - [of bread, a cake etc] X was pretty stale.
         ♦ Не покупай это мясо: оно не первой свежести. Don't buy this meat-it's going bad.
    2. [subj: a noun denoting an item of clothing, piece of linen etc]
    ⇒ having been worn or used since its last washing, sth. is less than totally clean:
    - X был не первой свежести ≈ X was not completely <quite, very> clean (fresh);
    - X had already been worn <used, slept in etc>.
         ♦ На Васе были помятые брюки и рубашка не первой свежести. Vasya had on wrinkled pants and a shirt that had already been worn.
    3. [subj: анекдот, новости, информация etc]
    ⇒ an anecdote (joke, some news, information etc) is not the most recent:
    - [of an anecdote or joke only] stale;
    - (that's) an old one < a chestnut>;
    - [of news, information etc only] old (news);
    - [in limited contexts](information etc that s.o.) already knows (has known for quite a while etc).
         ♦ Анекдот, рассказанный Геннадием, оказался не первой свежести и никого не насмешил. The anecdote Gennady told was an old one and didn't make anyone laugh.
    4. [subj: human]
    ⇒ (often of a person, more commonly a woman, who tries to appear younger than he or she actually is) one no longer is or no longer looks very young:
    - not exactly in the first flush (the first blush, the prime) of youth;
    - [in limited contexts] no spring chicken.
         ♦ Несмотря на искусство гримёра, было видно, что актриса уже не первой свежести. Despite the makeup artist's skill, it was obvious that the actress wasn't exactly in the first flush of youth.

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  • 35 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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  • 36 Г-265

    HE ИДЁТ (НЕЙДЁТ)/НЕ ПОЙДЁТ В ГОЛОВУ (НА УМ) (кому) coll VP if pfv, fut only)
    1. ( subj: abstr, concr, or, rare, human) the thought of sth. (or of doing sth.) does not occupy s.o. 's mind
    s.o. does not feel like doing sth. (often because of his preoccupation with something else)
    X не шёл в голову Y-y - Y couldn't (even) think of X
    (in limited contexts) X never (hadn't) entered Yb head (mind)
    Y-y ничего не идёт в голову - Y can't keep his mind on anything
    (in limited contexts) Y can't think of anything
    (Y-y) ничего больше не идёт в голову - Y can think of nothing else
    that's all Y can think about.
    «Ответа из дома нет, и я, признаться, затосковал. Еда и на ум не идёт, сон от меня бежит, всякие дурные мыслишки в голову лезут...» (Шолохов 1). "There had been no answer from home and I must say I began to feel very uneasy. I couldn't even think of eating and couldn't sleep, and all sorts of black thoughts kept creeping into my head" (1b).
    «Я пьян? Батюшка Владимир Андреевич, бог свидетель, ни единой капли во рту не было... да и пойдет ли вино на ум...» (Пушкин 1). uMe drunk? Vladimir Andreyevitch, master, as God is my witness, I haven't touched a drop all evening, nor has it entered my head to do so" (1b).
    Я изнывал в отсутствие Зинаиды: ничего мне на ум не шло, все из рук валилось, я по целым дням напряжённо думал о ней... (Тургенев 3). Away from Zinaida, I languished: I could not think of anything, I had not the heart to do anything, and for days on end all my thoughts revolved round her (3a).
    2. ( subj: a noun denoting some material, a subject matter etc that can be learned or memorized (often ничего)) sth. is not remembered or comprehended by s.o.
    s.o. cannot retain sth. in his memory
    X не идёт (Y-y) в голову » X doesn't stick (in Y's mind)
    Y can't make X stick (in Y's mind) X doesn't sink in.

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  • 37 Г-445

    HE ГУСТО (кого-чего or с чем, у кого, где) coll Invar usu. quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / gen
    any common noun) or quantit impers predic with быть») ( s.o. has, in some place there is) a small quantity (of some type of person or thing): у X-a Y-a ( Y-ob, с Y-ом, с Y-ами) не густо = X doesn't have much Y ( many Ys, a great variety of Ys)
    X hardly ( scarcely) has any Ys X has practically nothing (no Y(s)) X has just a few Ys (in refer, to money) X is low (short) on cash (on funds)).
    (Галя (Андрею):) Эх ты, хозяин! Твой брат, наверно, устал с дороги, умыться хочет... (Андрей:) Да, да. (Алексею) Пойдем. (Вадим (взяв чемодан Алексея):) Остальные вещи в прихожей? (Алексей:) Тут все! ((встряхнул чемодан):) Не густо! (Розов 1). (Galya (to Andrei):) Hey, you-host! Your cousin is probably tired from the trip, would like to wash up... (Andrei:) Yes, yes...In a minute. ( Vadim (Picking up Alekseis "suitcase"):) Are the rest of your things in the entry? (Aleksei:) That is all I have. (Vadim (shaking the "suitcase"):) Not much here! (1a).
    ...По части музыкальных инструментов, надо прямо сказать, в Чегеме не густо - абхазская чамгури, греческая кеменджа у нескольких греческих семей, живущих здесь, да международная гитара (Искан- дер 3)....As regards musical instruments, it must be plainly stated that Chegem did not have a great variety-the Abkhazian chamguri, the Greek kementzes played by some of the local Greek families, and the international guitar (3a).

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  • 38 Д-133

    TO ЛИ ДЕЛО coll, approv ( Invar subj-compl with бытьв ( subj: any noun), pres only, or Particle initial position only fixed WO
    s.o. or sth. is entirely different from, and better than, someone or something else (used to express approval, a positive evaluation of the person, thing etc that is about to be named as opposed to the one named previously): то ли дело X = X is quite another matter
    X is a different story thing X thing X is quite a different thing X is not like that at all X is not at all like NP
    . «Всё может случиться: ну, как лопнет (компания), вот я и без гроша. То ли дело в банк» (Гончаров 1). "...Anything might happen—such as your company going bankrupt and leaving me without a penny. A bank is quite another matter" (1b).
    «А старик, оказывается, в первую мировую войну был у нас в плену и немного говорит по-русски. Но лучше бы он совсем не говорил. Путается, хочет всё объяснить... То ли дело эти молодые немочки, всё с полуслова понимают...» (Искандер 5). "It turned out the old man had been a prisoner of ours in the First World War and spoke a little Russian. But he would have done better not to talk at all. He kept getting tangled up, wanting to explain everything....The girls were a different story, they picked up on everything right away" (5a).
    На что борода - и та (у Момуна) не удалась. Посмешище одно. На голом подбородке две-три волосинки рыжеватые - вот и вся борода. То ли дело видишь: вдруг едет по дороге осанистый старик... (Айтматов 1). Even his (Momun's) beard was nothing but a joke. Two or three reddish hairs on his chin-that was all there was to it. He wasn't at all like some stately old man you might see riding down the road... (1a).
    «Вот жизнь-то человеческая! - поучительно произнёс Илья Иванович. -Один умирает, другой родится, третий женится, а мы вот всё стареемся: не то что год на год, день на день не приходится! Зачем это так? То ли бы дело, если б каждый день как вчера, вчера как завтра!..» (Гончаров 1). ( context transl) "Such is man's life!" Ilya lvanovich pronounced sententiously. "One man dies, another is born, a third is married, and we keep growing older....There are no two days alike, let alone two years. Why should it be so? Wouldn't it have been nice if every day were like the day before, yesterday just like tomorrow?" (1b).

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  • 39 К-194

    НА КОЛЁСАХ PrepP Invar
    1. recent ( subj-compl with бытье (subj: human or collect)) one has a car or motorcycle: (one has) wheels.
    2. coll
    subj-compl with copula (subj: human or adv
    traveling extensively
    always on the road (on the move)
    living out of a suitcase.
    Работа у меня - сплошные командировки, живу на колесах. My work is nothing but business trips-I'm always on the road.
    3. ( subj-compl with copula ( subj: collect, usu. a noun denoting an organization, factory etc)) moving (or about to start moving) from one location to another
    in transit.

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  • 40 К-334

    КОТ НАПЛАКАЛ кого-чего coll Invar quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / gen
    any common noun)
    fixed WO
    very little, very few
    practically (almost) no...(at all)
    practically none (nothing) no...to speak of next to no... hardly any... precious little.
    ...В ГУМе (Государственном универсальном магазине) людей до чёрта, а товаров кот наплакал, а здесь всё совершенно наоборот... (Войнович 1)....GUM is packed with people and there are no goods to speak of, in our store it's the exact opposite (1a).
    «Когда ты этого дурноеда сбудешь с рук?.. У самих хлеба осталось - кот наплакал, а ты его, чёрта горбатого, содержишь, кормишь каждый день» (Шолохов 5). "When will you get rid of this sponger0...We've got precious little grain left for ourselves, and you keep that hunchbacked devil here, feeding him every day" (5a).

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  • nothing — noun 1) all my efforts add up to nothing Syn: not a thing, not anything, nil, zero, naught/nought; informal zilch, zip, nada, diddly squat, squat Ant: something 2) forget it it s nothing …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • nothing ball — noun a) a pitch which has neither much speed nor much spin If he cannot throw a fast ball, he may be able to get by on a nothing ball (a term coined for s looping delivery, which, though it doesnt curve, is hard to hit). b) a ball which presents… …   Wiktionary

  • nothing to see — noun Not connected or associated. Just eat enough carbohydrates to fuel your brain, it has nothing to see with not losing weight because not eating enough , which is yet another dieting myth. Syn: nothing to do …   Wiktionary

  • nothing — noun 1) there s nothing I can do Syn: not a thing, zero; N.English nowt; informal zilch, sweet FA, not a dicky bird; Brit.; informal damn all, not a sausage; N.Amer.; informal zip, nada, diddly squat 2) the price fell to nothing …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • nothing flat — noun A very short (but unspecified) amount of time; no time at all. After so many years of practice, she can often find the problem and fix it in nothing flat. Syn: in no time …   Wiktionary

  • nothing to it — noun Easy; simple or straightforward. See? Nothing to it. You just put tab A in slot B and give it a flip …   Wiktionary

  • nothing to sneeze at — noun Not bad; decent; acceptable; worthwhile. Their music may not be worthy of radio time, but its nothing to sneeze at. Syn: not to be sneezed at …   Wiktionary

  • Nothing — None redirects here. For other uses, see None (disambiguation). For other uses, see Nothing (disambiguation). Nothing is no thing,[1] denoting the absence of something. Nothing is a pronoun associated with nothingness,[1] is also an adjective,… …   Wikipedia

  • nothing — [[t]nʌ̱θɪŋ[/t]] ♦ nothings 1) PRON INDEF NEG Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something. I ve done nothing much since coffee time... Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife s daytime habits... He was dressed in jeans… …   English dictionary

  • nothing — /ˈnʌθɪŋ / (say nuthing) pronoun 1. no thing; not anything; naught: say nothing. 2. that which is non existent. –noun 3. something or someone of no importance or quality: he is a complete nothing. 4. a trivial matter or remark: to exchange… …  

  • nothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. zero, cipher, nought, blank; nothingness; nonentity, bagatelle, trifle, zilch (sl.). See unimportance, insubstantiality, nonexistence. Ant., something. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. not anything, no thing,… …   English dictionary for students

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