• В МАСТЬ кому-чему быть, прийтись; К МАСТИ; ПОД МАСТЬ all obsoles, substand
[PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: human or abstr); often neg]
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⇒ to suit s.o. or sth., correspond to sth.:
- (be) fitting;
- (be) in keeping with;
- [in limited contexts] fill the bill;
- Neg не в масть••≈ not (be) s.o.'s style (kind of thing).
♦ ...Лежали у него на столе цветные адриатические пейзажи, он был там в научной командировке и мне показал зачем-то. Ему самому это было крайне не в масть, нельзя придумать противоположней (Солженицын 2). On his desk he had some colored photographs of Adriatic scenery. He had been there on scientific business, and for some reason he decided to show them to me. It wasn't at all his style; in fact, it would be hard to think of anything more unlike him (2a).