З63
HE ЗАНИМАТЬ кому чего or где кого-чего
collНЕ ЗАНИМАТЬ СТАТЬ
substandVPinfin onlyquantit
subj-compl with быть0
subj /
gen :
usu. abstr (
var. with кому чего),
concr or, less often, human (
var. with где кого-чего)
usu. pres)
s.o. possesses a generous amount of some quality (more often a positive one), in some place there is more than a sufficient quantity of some thing or of people of a certain group (profession
etc)
X-a Y-y не занимать — Y has plenty of X
Y is not lacking in (not short on) Xyou can't deny Y his Xthere's no disputing Y4 X
в месте Y Х-ов не занимать - there are plenty (there is no lack) of Xs in place Y
there are all kinds of Xs in place Y.