• БИТЬ МИМО ЦЕЛИ••
[VP; subj: abstr or, occas., human]
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⇒ (usu. of an argument, criticism etc) to be ineffective, fail to attain the desired result:
- X бил мимо цели••≈ X didn't have any (had no) effect (impact);
- X didn't make any impact.
♦ Нина приводила десятки аргументов, пытаясь отговорить мужа от сомнительной сделки, но все они били мимо цели. Nina tried dozens of different arguments in an attempt to talk her husband out of getting involved in a shady deal, but they had no effect.