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НИ ТПРУ НИ НУ
highly collInvarpredic
fixed 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.
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.
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).