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  • 1 С-579

    НИЧЕГО НЕ СТОИТ (кому) coll VP impers or with subj: это or pfv infin 3rd pers sing only pres or past fixed WO
    it is not difficult (for s.o. to do sth.): X-y ничего не стоит сделать Y - doing Y is (would be) the easiest thing in the world (for X)
    nothing could (would) be easier (for X) than to do Y X can (could) (very) easily do Y it would be a trifling matter for X to do Y itfs (it would be) no trouble at all for X to do Y it would cost X nothing to do Y it would take nothing for X to do Y (in limited contexts) X would think nothing of doing Y.
    Не задала я Чечановскому и другого вопроса: почему он обращается ко мне, а не к Мандельштаму. Ведь он бывал у нас, и ему ничего не стоило поговорить с Мандельштамом (Мандельштам 2). There was something else I did not ask Chechanovski: Why was he telling me this instead of M(andelstam) directly? He was always coming to see us, and nothing would have been easier than to mention it to Mfandelstam) himself (2a).
    В приведённой песне святой намекает, что ему ничего не стоило бы победить русских, уничтожив Владикавказ и Санкт-Петербург... (Терц 3). In the song quoted above the saint is hinting that it would be a trifling matter for him to defeat the Russians by destroying Vladikavkaz and St. Petersburg... (3a).
    ...Мне ничего не стоит дать вам свою визитную карточку, и вас напечатают в любом толстом журнале... но лучше не надо. Подождите» (Катаев 3)...It would cost me nothing to give you my card and you would be published in any of the big monthlies...but better not. Wait a while" (3a).
    «Если вы не знаете, что такое Лужин, я вам скажу: это чудовище... Этому дяденьке ничего не стоит перестрелять хоть тысячу человек одновременно» (Войнович 4). "If you don't know what Luzhin is like, I'll tell you-a monster... He would think nothing of having a thousand men shot in one day" (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-579

  • 2 ничего не стоит

    [VP; impers or with subj: это or pfv infin; 3rd pers sing only; pres or past; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it is not difficult (for s.o. to do sth.):
    - X-y ничего не стоит сделать Y - doing Y is < would be> the easiest thing in the world (for X);
    - nothing could < would> be easier (for X) than to do Y;
    - X can < could> (very) easily do Y;
    - it's < it would be> no trouble at allforXto do Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X would think nothing of doing Y.
         ♦ Не задала я Чечановскому и другого вопроса: почему он обращается ко мне, а не к Мандельштаму. Ведь он бывал у нас, и ему ничего не стоило поговорить с Мандельштамом (Мандельштам 2). There was something else I did not ask Chechanovski: Why was he telling me this instead of M[andelstam] directly? He was always coming to see us, and nothing would have been easier than to mention it to M[andelstam] himself (2a).
         ♦ В приведённой песне святой намекает, что ему ничего не стоило бы победить русских, уничтожив Владикавказ и Санкт-Петербург... (Терц 3). In the song quoted above the saint is hinting that it would be a trifling matter for him to defeat the Russians by destroying Vladikavkaz and St. Petersburg... (3a).
         ♦ "...Мне ничего не стоит дать вам свою визитную карточку, и вас напечатают в любом толстом журнале... но лучше не надо. Подождите" (Катаев 3). "...It would cost me nothing to give you my card and you would be published in any of the big monthlies...but better not. Wait a while" (3a).
         ♦ "Если вы не знаете, что такое Лужин, я вам скажу: это чудовище... Этому дяденьке ничего не стоит перестрелять хоть тысячу человек одновременно" (Войнович 4). "If you don't know what Luzhin is like, I'll tell you - a monster....He would think nothing of having a thousand men shot in one day" (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ничего не стоит

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