• НЕ БЛИЖНИЙ (НЕ БЛИЗКИЙ, НЕ БЛИЗОК) СВЕТ coll
[NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: a geographical name, a noun denoting a place or destination, or infin); fixed WO]
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⇒ very far (from some place or from where the speaker is):
- far away (off);
- a long way off (away, from here etc);
- not right next door.
♦ "Гостя тебе привёз, Санёк, - заметно заискивая, сообщил тому парень, - из...Москвы". - "Ну". - "Не ближний свет, понимаешь?" (Максимов 1). "I've brought you a visitor, Sanyok," said the boatman with a noticeably ingratiating tone. "He's from Moscow. ..." "Well." "It's not right next door, you know" (1a).
Синонимы:
далеко, не ближний свет, не близок свет