Значение слова "Т191" найдено в 1 источнике

Т191

найдено в "Большом русско-английском фразеологическом словаре"
НИ ТПРУ НИ НУ highly collInvarpredicfixed WO
1. (subj: human or collect) one does nothing, takes no action ( usu. when some action is expected)
X ни тпру ни ну - X doesn't make a move
X doesn't do a (damn) thingX won't budge.
Разве от этих бюрократов чего-нибудь дождёшься? Обещают помочь, а сами - ни тпру ни ну. Do you really expect anything from those bureaucrats? They promise to help, but don't do a damn thing.
2. ( subj: abstr or human) some work (a person etc) makes no progress
X ни тпру ни ну - X isn't getting anywhere
X is going nowhere (fast)thing X isn't moving at all(in refer, to beginning an undertaking) I (he etc) can't get thing X off the ground.
"...Я уже пятьдесят лет бьюсь над этой проблемой и ни тпру ни ну». (Евтушенко 2). "I've been struggling with the problem for fifty years and still haven't gotten anywhere" (2a).
3. ( subj: concr) (of a machine, device, apparatus) sth. is not functioning
X ни тпру ни ну - X isn't working
X is on the blink (on the fritz).

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