Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь

СПАСУ НЕ СТАЛО

•СПАСУ &LT;-а&GT; НЕТsubstand; СПАСЕНИЯ НЕТcoll

[VP;impers]

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1.спасу не сталооткого-чего.Also:СПАСУ НЕ СТАЛОsubstandit is impossible to avoid or rido.s.ofs.o.orsth.tiresome or bothersome: от X-a спасу нет≈there's no escaping X; you can't get away from &LT;get rid of&GT; X.

♦ Они [Михаил и Дунярка] шли по проспекту Павлина Виноградова и молчали.Люди - нету спасенья от людей. Спереди, с боков, сзади (Абрамов 1). They [Mikhail and Dunyarka] walked in silence along Pavlin Vinogradov Prospekt. People-there was no escaping people-in front, behind, on all sides (1a).

2.[used asintensif]

⇒it is impossible to toleratesth., overcome some desireetc:

-it's more than person X can stand &LT;take&GT;;

-it's enough to drive person X crazy &LT;wild, nutsetc&GT;;

-person X will die (if he doesn't do &LT;getetc&GT;sth.).

♦ "Дай закурить. Спасу нет, хочу курить, а у меня кончились" (Распутин 1). "Give me a smoke. I'll die if I don't smoke and I'm out of cigarettes" (1a).

3.[used asintensif]

⇒(some quality is present or manifested) to a very high degree:

-incredibly;

-unbelievably;

- [in refer, to a negative quality only]unbearably.