ЛЕГЧЕ ВЕРБЛЮДУ ПРОЙТИ В ИГОЛЬНОЕ УШКО

• ЛЕГЧЕ ВЕРБЛЮДУ ПРОЙТИ СКВОЗЬ <В> ИГОЛЬНОЕ УШКО (, чем (нежели)...)

[main clause in a compar complex sent]

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⇒ it would be easier to accomplish the impossible (than to accomplish the action in question which, presumably, should be possible):

- it is easier for a camel to pass (go) through the eye of a needle (than...).

     ♦ ...Легче веролюду пройти в угольное ушко, чем тюрзаку-террористу получить пропуск на члена семьи [для въезда на Колыму] (Гинзбург 2). It was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who had been imprisoned as a terrorist to obtain a permit for a relative [to come to Kolyma](2a).

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